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  Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill - Clause 6 - âRelevant offenceâ - Prosecution Required Under International Treaty Obligations
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to apply restrictions on the prosecution of members of the armed forces in relation to their conduct on overseas deployment where prosecution is required by an international treaty.
  
  @ MP voted no to apply restrictions on the prosecution of members of the armed forces in relation to their conduct on overseas deployment even where prosecution is required by an international treaty.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to apply restrictions on the prosecution of members of the armed forces in relation to their conduct on overseas deployment even where prosecution is required by an international treaty.
  
  MPs were considering the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill. [1][2]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 32, page 4, line 13, at end insertâ
  
  :â(3A) A service offence is not a ârelevant offenceâ if it is an offence whose prosecution is required under the United Kingdomâs international treaty obligations.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer stating:
  
  :This amendment would exclude the prosecution of serious international crimes (such as torture, genocide, crimes against humanity, and certain war crimes) from the limitations otherwise imposed by the Bill.
  
  Offences already excluded from the limitations on prosecution by the Bill as introduced included offences against members of the armed forces, civil servants, and defence contractors as well as a number of sexual offences[3].  
  
  The proposed restrictions only applied to offences which took place more then five years prior to prosecution[2][3]. 
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2727 Parliament's webpage on the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0117/en/20117en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill], 18 March 2020, Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0117/cbill_2019-20210117_en_1.htm Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, as introduced on 18 March 2020], Parliament.uk
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