Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Xinjiang detention camps

Witnesses Nury Turkel (Commissioner at United States Commission on International Religious Freedom), and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Angela Mudukuti (International Criminal Law and Human Rights Lawyer), and Anthony Dworkin (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Sir Howard Morrison KCMG CBE QC (Appeals Judge at International Criminal Court), and Peter Lewis (Registrar at International Criminal Court)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Russ Shaw (Founder at Global Tech Advocates & Tech London Advocates), and Hazel Moore (Chair and Co-Founder at FirstCapital)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Christopher Mackmurdo (Former Head of National Security Research, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Founder at Legatus), and Sophia Gaston (Director at British Foreign Policy Group)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Veronica Roberts (Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills), and Roger Barron (Partner at Paul Hastings)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Andy Sellars (Strategic Development Director at Compound Semiconductor Catapult), and Roger Barker (Director of Policy and Corporate Governance at Institute of Directors)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Dr Yanzhong Huang (Senior Fellow for Global Health at Council on Foreign Relations), and Harpinder Collacott (Executive Director at Development Initiatives)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Dr Liam Fox

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Professor James Bacchus (Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Centre for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at University of Central Florida)

Inquiry Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Witnesses Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE, Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service, and Juliet Chua (Director General, Finance and Corporate at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Professor Shaowei He (Associate Professor in International Business, University of Northampton), and Azeem Azhar (Founder, Exponential View)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Professor Nick Jennings (Former UK Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security; current Vice-Provost for Research and Enterprise, Imperial College London), and Grace Cassy (Founder and CEO of CyLon)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses David Armond (Director at Armond Consultancy Ltd)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses William Browder (Chief Executive Officer at Hermitage Capital Management), and Bruno Min (Senior Policy Adviser at Fair Trials)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Matthew Rous (Chief Executive at China-Britain Business Council), and Ting Zhang (Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Crayfish.io)

Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK

Witnesses Ciaran Martin (Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), and Professor Deeph Chana (Co-Director at Institute for Security Science and Technology, Imperial College London)

Inquiry Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Witnesses Dominic Raab (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Peggy Hicks (Director, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights), and Mahamane Cissé-Gouro (Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Witnesses Fred Carver (United Nations Association UK Adviser), Benjamin Ward (UK Director at Human Rights Watch), and Hillel Neuer (Executive Director at United Nations Watch)