Select Committee · International Development Committee

FCDO and civil societies

Status: Closed Opened: 28 Feb 2024 Closed: 23 May 2024

Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed . In recent years the fragility of civil society has become apparent as political … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 May 2024 Dr Nick Westcott, Edmund Fitton-Brown · UN Sanctions Monitoring Group, Karla McLaren · Amnesty International, Nicolas Kaczorowski · International Foundation for Electoral Systems View ↗
7 May 2024 Andrew Firmin · CIVICUS Lens, Channsitha Mark · Cambodia, ActionAid, Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu · STAR Ghana Foundation, Nadine Tunasi · Survivors Speak OUT Network, Nana Afadzinu · West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), Rowan Popplewell · Bond UK View ↗

Who gave evidence

10 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Firmin · Editor-in-chief & co-author of State of Civil Soc… CIVICUS Lens 1
Channsitha Mark · Country Director Cambodia, ActionAid 1
Dr Nick Westcott 1
Edmund Fitton-Brown · Former Coordinator UN Sanctions Monitoring Group 1
Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu · Executive Director STAR Ghana Foundation 1
Karla McLaren · Head of Government and Political Relations Amnesty International 1
Nadine Tunasi · Coordinator Survivors Speak OUT Network 1
Nana Afadzinu · Executive Director West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) 1
Nicolas Kaczorowski · Country Director, Tunisia International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1
Rowan Popplewell · Policy Manager – Civic Space Bond UK 1