Committees

Transnational repression in the UK

Inquiry

The Committee’s inquiry will explore how transnational repression affects the human rights of people living in the UK. The inquiry will examine the effectiveness of the UK’s current legal and policy frameworks in relation to transnational repression, and the assistance available to the victims of such attacks.

 

Please do not share identifying personal details as part of your submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Committee cannot look at individual cases. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

The report Transnational repression inthe UK was published on 30 July 2025, the Government responded on 6 October 2025. The report was debated in the House of Lords on 26 February 2026.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:58pm on 24 February 2025.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 21 May 2025
1:15pm Public
4:00pm Private
Transnational repression in the UK - Oral evidence 21 May 2025
1:15pm
  • Commander Dominic Murphy (Head of Counter Terrorism Policing at Metropolitan Police)
2:15pm
  • Dan Jarvis MP (Minister for Security at Home Office)
  • Andrew Scurry (Director at Homeland Security Group, Home Office)
  • Grace Lucas (Deputy Director at Home Office)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 26 March 2025
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Transnational repression in the UK - Oral evidence 26 March 2025
2:15pm
  • Mr Martin Plaut (Journalist and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London)
  • Mr James Lynch (Co-Director at Fair Square)
  • Susan Coughtrie (Director at Foreign Policy Centre)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 12 March 2025
2:45pm Public
Transnational repression in the UK - Oral evidence 12 March 2025
2:45pm
  • Chloe Cheung
  • Mr Hossein Abedini (Deputy director at National Council of Resistance of Iran)
3:15pm
  • Rhys Davies (Barrister at Temple Garden Chambers)
  • Mr Ben Keith (Barrister at 5 St Andrews Hill)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 5 February 2025
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Transnational repression in the UK - Oral evidence 5 February 2025
2:15pm
  • Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers)
  • Dr Andrew Chubb (Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University)
  • Laura Harth (China in the World Director at Safeguard Defenders)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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  • Email: jchr@parliament.uk
  • Address: Joint Committee on Human Rights, Houses of Parliament. London. SW1A 0AA