Britain says MKO in Camp Ashraf subject to Iraqi law – protected persons status not applicable
Iraq: Iran 
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Written answers and statements, 25 November 2009
Andrew Dismore (Hendon, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department’s assessment is of the status in international law of the residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
Ivan Lewis (Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Bury South, Labour)
Camp Ashraf is in a sovereign and democratic Iraq and the camp residents subject to its laws.
The UK is of the view that the residents of Camp Ashraf, as with all people in Iraq, enjoy rights and protections under the Iraqi constitution and applicable international obligations to which Iraq is a signatory. We do not consider that they have ‘protected persons’ status.
We do not feel a ministerial statement is necessary at this time.
House of Lords, London
