Supporting children under 6 during a kidnapping

A video exploring how to provide critical support to young children during a kidnapping

How to report a kidnap and where to go for help

If you need to raise the alarm about the kidnap of someone outside of their home country, you should contact their government’s consular body immediately.

Initial considerations

  Nothing can prepare you for the news that a loved one has been kidnapped or arbitrarily detained.

Hostage International GUIDANCE FOR ORGANISATIONS

Peter Rudge, Hostage International Vice-Chairman and Stephen Regel OBE, one of our principal advisors, have written a short guide for organisations.

External resources

Eating well by the UK’s National Health Service Support for British Nationals Abroad: the Consular Service by the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee Consular Services Charter by Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Consular Service Charter...