Research Briefing
Making sense of the impending US-North Korea summit
Will they or won’t they? As the summit date approaches we examine what could be in store for USA and DPRK relations
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Insight
Making sense of the impending US-North Korea summit
Will they or won't they? As the summit date approaches we examine what could be in store for USA and DPRK relations
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Debate Pack
International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia
A debate on the ‘International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia’ has been scheduled for Thursday 17 May 2018 in the Main Chamber. The debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee after a representation from Peter Kyle MP and Angela Eagle MP.
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Research Briefing
South Sudan: Peace still a distant prospect
In December 2017, four years into a ruinous and brutal civil war, key parties to the conflict in South Sudan recommitted themselves to implementing an August 2015 peace deal, and agreed a ceasefire. Although many ceasefire violations have occurred since then, efforts to broker revived power-sharing arrangements continue and the threat of widespread famine has been averted
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Debate Pack
Debate on petitions relating to Burma’s Rohingya minority
A Westminster Hall debate on petitions relating to Burma's Rohingya minority is scheduled for Monday 16 April 2018, from 4:30-7:30pm. The motion for debate is: "That this House has considered e-petitions 200224 and 200371, and public petitions P002061, P002064, P002078 and P002104, relating to Myanmar’s Rohingya minority". The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee and Helen Jones MP, Chair of the Petitions Committee, will open the debate.
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Debate Pack
Diplomatic service and resources
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Diplomatic service and resources’ has been scheduled for Tuesday 13 March at 9.30am to 11.00am. The debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee after a representation from Sir Hugo Swire and Richard Benyon.
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Debate Pack
Anti-corruption strategy and the illegal wildlife trade
A Westminster Hall debate on the 'Anti-corruption strategy and the illegal wildlife trade' is scheduled for Wednesday 28 February 2018 from 2.30-4.00pm. The Member initiating the debate is Dr Rupa Huq MP.
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Debate Pack
UK’s contribution to international disaster relief
A Westminster Hall debate on the 'UK's contribution to international disaster relief' is scheduled for Tuesday 6 February 2018 from 2.30 - 4.00pm. The Member initiating the debate is Andrew Bowie MP.
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Research Briefing
Democratic Republic of Congo: January 2018 update
President Joseph Kabila has managed to extend his tenure as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo well beyond December 2016, when his mandate expired. New elections are now scheduled for December 2018, but some believe that he will find ways to delay them further.
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Research Briefing
Pakistan: January 2018 update
National elections are due to be held in Pakistan in mid-2018. It will inevitably be a testing year for the country’s still-fragile democracy.
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Debate Pack
Refugees and human rights
An Opposition Day debate on Refugees and human rights is scheduled for Wednesday 24 January 2018.
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Research Briefing
Burma: January 2018 update
Many hoped that the November 2015 general election would be a tipping-point in Burma’s ‘democratic transition’, which began in 2011. The new National League for Democracy government took office in April 2016 in an atmosphere of hope – but the honeymoon has turned out to be brief. The limits of Aung San Suu Kyi's power have been exposed by her inability to control the actions of the security forces in Rakhine State, where they stand accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya. Her international reputation has been damaged and there is now talk of reintroducing sanctions.
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Research Briefing
Balochistan: Pakistan’s forgotten conflict
This note provides a brief background to the protracted, but all but forgotten conflict in Balochistan, a marginalised but resource-rich and strategically important province of Pakistan.
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Debate Pack
Rohingya crisis
This Debate Pack has been prepared for the debate on the 'Rohingya crisis', to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 28 November 2017, from 2:30-4:00pm, initiated by Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP.
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Research Briefing
Zimbabwe: what next?
The resignation of Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe on Tuesday has unleashed a tsunami of euphoria across the country’s main cities (we know less about how the rural population has responded). Is it well-founded? How likely is it that ZANU-PF under its new boss, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will tilt Zimbabwe towards a more inclusive and
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