Human Rights and Diplomacy:

British Citizens Detained Abroad

6.00 pm Monday 20 May 2019

Registration from 5.30 pm

British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BiICL)

Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,
London, WC1B 5JP

HRLA and BIICL are pleased to invite you to a joint event on diplomacy and human rights. Panel members will explore how human rights protections can be undermined by a state’s desire to preserve friendly relations with other states. This tension will be examined with regard to the situation of British nationals detained overseas, in particular the high-profile cases of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (detained in Iran) and Andy Tsege (previously detained in Ethiopia). The discussion will be followed by a Q & A session and networking.

Speakers

Alison Macdonald QC (Matrix Chambers)

Chris Esdaile (REDRESS)

Richard Ratcliffe (Free Nazanin Campaign)

Yemi Hailemariam (Free Andy Tsege Campaign) 

Discussion chaired by Markus Findlay (HRLA)