Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Hazel Cameron (Head of the Human Rights Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Christian Schmidt (High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Anthony Monckton (Former British Diplomat and Founder at ViennEast), Dr Kurt Bassuener (Co-founder and Senior Associate at Democratization Policy Council), and Edward P. Joseph (Former US Deputy Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies (SAIS))

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Walter Ladwig III (Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London), Garima Mohan (Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States), Aman Hingorani (Lawyer and mediator at Supreme Court of India), and Mosharraf Zaidi (Journalist and CEO at Tabadlab)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Asoke Mukerji (Former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations), and Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG (Former British High Commissioner to India)

Work Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Dr Paul Kirby (Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for Women, Peace and Security at London School of Economics), and Prof. Kim Thuy Seelinger (Special Adviser on Sexual Violence in Conflict)

Work Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Nadine Tunasi (Survivor Champion for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and Coordinator at Survivors Speak OUT Network), Kolbassia Haoussou MBE (Survivor Champion for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and Survivor Empowerment Director at Freedom from Torture), and Lejla Damon (Advocate for Children Born out of Sexual Violence)

Work The situation in Iran and the FCDO’s response (Non-inquiry session)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Ben Bland (Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, and Former Director of the Southeast Asia Programme at Lowy Institute), Jurgen Haacke (Associate Professor, Department of International Relations at London School of Economics (LSE)), and Aaron Connelly (Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Politics and Foreign Policy at International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS))

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Shafiah Muhibat (Deputy Executive Director for Research at Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta), Gregory Poling (Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.), and Patrick Abbot (UK Director at NIRAS Development Consulting, and Managing Director at LTS International)

Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Witnesses Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Public figure, former political prisoner and pro-democracy activist)

Inquiry Update to the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

Witnesses Andrew Seaton (Chief Executive Officer at China-Britain Business Council), Veerle Nouwens (Senior Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)), and Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs at Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Inquiry Update to the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

Witnesses Air Marshal Edward Stringer (Ret'd) CB, CBE (Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange), and Ed Arnold (Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))

Inquiry Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Witnesses Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Public figure, former political prisoner and pro-democracy activist)

Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Witnesses Jason McCue (Senior Partner at McCue Jury & Partners), and Professor Jason Blazakis (Executive Director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center)

Inquiry Responding to illicit and emerging finance

Witnesses Adam M Smith (Partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP)

Inquiry Responding to illicit and emerging finance

Witnesses Oliver Windridge (Senior Adviser at The Sentry), and Maria Nizzero (Research Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI)

Inquiry The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

Witnesses Rupert Skilbeck (Director at REDRESS), and Dr Tatyana Eatwell (Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers)

Inquiry The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

Witnesses Hans-Jakob Schindler (Senior Director at Counter Extremism Project (CEP))