The UK’s Conservative Party Human Rights Commission has launched their latest report ‘Professionals in the Firing Line: A report on violations of human rights affecting doctors, lawyers, teachers, business people and other professionals around the world.’

Robert Buckland MP, Chair of the Commission, said at the launch: “I hope that by contributing to the policy debate the Commission can, in its own small way, contribute towards the ongoing work underway that aims to create more open societies for professionals to practice with security, freedom and responsibility.”

The report includes evidence from a range of contributors, both individuals and organisations, and gives first-hand testimony from those who have been subjected to human rights violations. As well as welcoming the announcement that those who have been party to human rights violations will be refused visas in the future, the report makes a number of key recommendations to the Government on how the UK can best support professionals across the world. The report details the abuses that are taking place across the world and makes suggestions about what the Government can do to tackle the dangerous situations that many professional people find themselves in all too frequently.

Read the report in full HERE