Select committee: Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 16
Sixth Report - Stolen years: combatting state hostage diplomacy
Published 4 Apr 2023
Paragraph 46
Addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We recommend that in the next six months the Government learns lessons from the extending of Diplomatic Protection to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and draws up clear guidelines on situations where diplomatic protection could be considered and how it might be employed. If this mechanism is to be used again, we recommend that the Government outlines to the family and this Committee from the outset the rationale for its use and means of enforcement.
From: Foreign Affairs Committee, Sixth Report - Stolen years: combatting state hostage diplomacy (HC 166), paragraph 46, 4 April 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 6 July 2023 (deadline 4 June 2023).