Work The situation in Belarus and the FCDO's response (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Dr Nigel Gould-Davies (Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at International Institute for Strategic Studies), and Andrius Kubilius MEP (Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs at European Parliament)
Work The situation in Belarus and the FCDO's response (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Philippe Joseph Sands, QC (Professor of the Public Understanding of Law, Faculty of Laws at University College London, Samuel and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and British and French Lawyer at Matrix Chambers), and Victoria Fedorova (Head of Legal Initiative at Belarusian Human Rights NGO)
Witnesses Dr Sasa (Minister of International Cooperation at National Unity Government of Myanmar), Naw K’nyaw Paw (General Secretary at Karen Peace Support Network), and Thinzar Shunlei Yi (Advocacy Coordinator at Action Committee for Democracy Development)
Witnesses Tom Andrews (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at UN Human Rights Council), Mark Farmaner (Director at Burma Campaign UK), and John Sifton (Asia Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch)
Witnesses Alok Sharma, Peter Hill (Chief Executive Officer, COP26 Unit at Cabinet Office), Ros Eales (Chief Operating Officer, COP26 Unit at Cabinet Office), and Dr John Murton (UK COP26 Envoy at Cabinet Office)
Witnesses Dr Yanzhong Huang (Senior Fellow for Global Health at Council on Foreign Relations), and Mark Galeotti (Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))
Witnesses Dr John N. Nkengasong (Director at African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Executive Chairperson at Biocon Limited), and Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner (Lecturer in Law at Keele University)
Witnesses Azeem Ibrahim (Research Professor, Strategic Studies Institute at US Army War College, and Director at Center for Global Policy), and Charles Parton OBE (Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))
Witnesses Rushan Abbas (Founder and Executive Director at Campaign for Uyghurs), Peter Irwin (Senior Program Officer for Advocacy and Communications at Uyghur Human Rights Project), and Rayhan Asat (Attorney, Yale World Fellow, President at American Turkic International Lawyers Association)
Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Witnesses Paul Scully, Sarah Mackintosh (Deputy Director for National Security and Investment at Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), James Cleverly, Chris Rampling (Director of National Security at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), and Jacqui Ward (Director for National Security and International at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
Witnesses Laurence Tubiana (Former Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference and Chief Executive Officer at European Climate Foundation)
Witnesses Dr Katharine Rietig (Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University), and Professor Robert Falkner (Associate Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics, and Research Director at Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)
Witnesses Dr Clare Wenham (Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at London School of Economics), and Professor Colin McInnes (Pro Vice-Chancellor at Aberystwyth University)
Witnesses Chloe Cranston (Business and Human Rights Manager at Anti-slavery International), and Sophie Richardson (China Director at Human Rights Watch)
Witnesses Dr Samantha Hoffman (Senior Analyst at Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)), and Dr Radomir Tylecote (Director, Defence and Security for Democracy Unit at Civitas)
Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Witnesses Dr Ashley Lenihan (Fellow at London School of Economics Centre for International Studies), and Michael Formosa (Managing Partner at Renaissance Strategic Advisors)
Witnesses Peter McAllister (Executive Director at Ethical Trading Initiative), Andrew Opie (Director of Food and Sustainability at British Retail Consortium), and Damien Sanfilippo (Director of Standards & Assurance at Better Cotton Initiative)
Inquiry The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, James Kariuki (Multilateral Policy Director (outgoing) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Neil Briscoe (Head of UN and Multilateral Department at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Beth Arthy (Head of Global Funds Department at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), HE Julian Braithwaite (Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organisations (Geneva) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), HE Neil Bush (Head of the OSCE Delegation at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), and Chris Jones (Director for International Co-operation on Criminal Matters at Home Office)