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.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 24 February 2025.

Upcoming events

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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

Past events

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

Contact us

The Committee is unable to look into individual cases

  • Email: jchr@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 0207 219 2793 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8430 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Joint Committee on Human Rights, Houses of Parliament. London. SW1A 0AA