International treaties and the Overseas Territories
How do international treaties and conventions apply to the UK's inhabited Overseas Territories?

This short Bill is intended to amend two UK Acts to enable the Government to ratify two international agreements protecting military medical personnel and humanitarian workers. In line with the protocols, the Bill would firstly sanction and protect the ‘red crystal’ as a new symbol to protect humanitarian personnel in armed conflict instead of (or in addition to) the existing red cross or red crescent; and secondly extend the definition of protected UN workers to include those delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding operations and those delivering emergency humanitarian protection.
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL] (Bill 69 of 2008-09) (207 KB , PDF)
This short Bill is intended to amend two UK Acts to enable the Government to ratify two international agreements protecting military medical personnel and humanitarian workers. In line with the protocols, the Bill would firstly sanction and protect the ‘red crystal’ as a new symbol to protect humanitarian personnel in armed conflict instead of (or in addition to) the existing red cross or red crescent; and secondly extend the definition of protected UN workers to include those delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding operations and those delivering emergency humanitarian protection.
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL] (Bill 69 of 2008-09) (207 KB , PDF)
How do international treaties and conventions apply to the UK's inhabited Overseas Territories?
What weapons and other military support have been given to Ukraine by the UK, the US and its allies and partners since Russia invaded the country in February 2022?
This page features Commons Library publications relevant to the current conflict in Ukraine.