Hostage International GUIDANCE FOR ORGANISATIONS

Hostage International guidance for organisations Hostage

Peter Rudge, Hostage International Vice-Chairman and Stephen Regel OBE, one of our principal advisors, have written a short guide for organisations. It explains why employers need to train staff to deal with a kidnap crisis and offers practical advice on what they should do. The article is published in Counselling at Workjournal.

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Health Issues

Once you have returned home, check-in with your doctor to inform them about your time in captivity.

Media and social media

Media Attention The amount of media attention a kidnapping receives is different for each case.

We Are the Hostageā€™s Employer but We Did Not Send Our Employee to the Kidnap Hotspot

If the hostage is an employee of your organisation but the kidnap occurred outside of their employment, you are urged to continue paying their salary for as long as is feasible as part of good corporate...

Research and advocacy: supporting families and former hostages

One of our key aims is to work discreetly to encourage governments and employers to adopt policies and practices in family and post-release which take into account the family and former hostage perspectives.