Evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee's Sanctions Inquiry

The APPG on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs submitted the following evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into the UK's sanctions strategy. Drawing from the APPG's ongoing ad-hoc inquiry into the arbitrary detention of British citizens, the APPG submitted that there is a need for a review of the UK's sanctions regime to effectively deter human rights violations, including arbitrary detention of British nationals, and increase parliamentary oversight of the sanctions regime.

The submission can be read in full here: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/139358/pdf/