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  • Debate Pack

    Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugee communities

    Tuesday, 10 November, 2020

    A Backbench Business debate on the ‘Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugee communities’ has been scheduled for Thursday 12 November 2020. The debate will be led by Rushanara Ali MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Diseases
    • Health services
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Violence over Nagorno Karabakh

    Wednesday, 21 October, 2020

    This autumn has seen the worst outbreak of violence over the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh since 1994. Observers are worried that it will be difficult to stop the fighting and that it could draw in regional powers.

    • Research Briefing
    • Europe
    • Middle East
  • Debate Pack

    Transparency of the Integrated Activity Fund

    Monday, 19 October, 2020

    A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Transparency of the Integrated Activity Fund’ has been scheduled for Thursday 22 October 2020 from 1:30-3.00pm. The debate will be led by David Linden.

    • Debate Pack
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • Middle East
  • Research Briefing

    Establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE

    Thursday, 15 October, 2020

    Normalisation of Israel's diplomatic relations with UAE and Bahrain heralds big changes in the region.

    • Research Briefing
    • Middle East
  • Debate Pack

    Progress on the Bishop of Truro’s independent review on persecution of Christians and freedom of religion or belief

    Thursday, 15 October, 2020

    A Westminster Hall debate on ‘Progress on the Bishop of Truro’s independent review of persecution of Christians and freedom of religion or belief’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 21 October 2020 from 9.30am to 11.00am. The debate will be led by Rehman Chishti MP

    • Debate Pack
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Equality
    • Institutions
    • Middle East
  • Research Briefing

    Belarus: where next?

    Monday, 14 September, 2020

    The august presidential election in Belarus led to the biggest demonstrations since the country's independence. The outcome is still not clear.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • Europe
  • Research Briefing

    Catalan independence

    Thursday, 30 July, 2020

    The independence movement in the Spanish region of Catalonia provoked a dramatic constitutional crisis in Spain and changed Spain's political scene...

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • Europe
  • Research Briefing

    Afghanistan – Jul 2020 update

    Thursday, 30 July, 2020

    With a peace deal signed between the Taliban and the US, what are the prospects for Afghanistan?

    • Research Briefing
    • Asia Pacific
  • Research Briefing

    Magnitsky legislation

    Monday, 20 July, 2020

    Stronger legislation providing for sanctions against corrupt officials who commit gross human rights abuse has been passed, and the UK's first Magnitsky sanctions have been announced...

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Institutions
  • Insight

    Coronavirus in Yemen – an unfolding catastrophe?

    Wednesday, 15 July, 2020

    This Insight looks at the weakness of statistics on Covid-19 cases, responses from President Hadi’s UN-backed Government and that of Houthi rebels and the impact of falling aid funding on the country’s healthcare system.

    • Insight
    • Diseases
    • Middle East
    • Covid-19
  • Insight

    UK’s first post-Brexit sanctions

    Thursday, 09 July, 2020

    As well as being the first new sanctions since Brexit, they are the first to be seen as ‘Magnitsky sanctions’.

    • Insight
    • Government
    • International trade
  • Research Briefing

    Eastern Ukraine: dashed hopes?

    Thursday, 25 June, 2020

    The election of a new president in 2019 raised the prospect of a resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

    • Research Briefing
    • Europe
  • Research Briefing

    Coronavirus: Changes to practice and procedure in the UK and other parliaments

    Tuesday, 19 May, 2020

    This Briefing Paper illustrates changes that have been made to procedures and practices in response to coronavirus in the House of Commons and a small selection of other parliaments.

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Parliament
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Coronavirus: sanctions and humanitarian crises

    Wednesday, 13 May, 2020

    Are sanctions against countries like Iran hindering them in their efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic?

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Institutions
    • Middle East
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Libya: upsurge of violence amid the pandemic

    Tuesday, 21 April, 2020

    The battle for control of Libya has continued inconclusively since Colonel Gaddafi’s rule ended in 2011. Over the last year conflict has intensified again, with a surge in violence recently, despite the threat presented by coronavirus.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Diseases
    • Covid-19

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