Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 9 October 2024] Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs

Title	All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs
Purpose	The APPG focuses on the arbitrary detention of British citizens abroad, and the taking of British citizens as hostages for leverage in State to State relations. The APPG coordinates parliamentary support for specific cases and builds on advocacy to appoint a Director within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Arbitrary Detention.
Category	Subject Group

Officers
Role	Name	Party
Chair & Registered Contact	Alicia Kearns	Conservative
Vice Chair	Brendan O'Hara	Scottish National Party
Vice Chair	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws	Labour
Vice Chair	Tim Roca	Labour

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alicia Kearns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Public Enquiry Point:

Emily Foale, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. Tel: 020 3780 2722

Secretariat:

International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI

Annual General Meeting
Date of most recent AGM in this Parliament	04/09/2024
Did the group publish an income and expenditure statement relating to the AGM above?	No
Reporting year	04 Sep to 03 Sep
Next reporting deadline	04/01/2026

Registrable benefits received by the group

Benefits In Kind

Source

Description

Value £s

In bands of £1,500

Received

Registered

International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute

Secretariat

From : 04/09/2024

To : 03/09/2025

6,001-7,500

04/09/2024

09/09/2024