Stories & Research
Cross-border abuse is often experienced as one connected problem but recorded as many separate ones. We are building a programme of research, lived experience, expert interviews, journalism and film to show what national systems miss.
Nothing has been published yet. We will publish only when work is ready and properly reviewed.
What we intend to publish
Policy Briefings
Evidence and analysis designed to help policymakers and institutions understand cross-border gaps.
Campaigns
Research and advocacy around practical reforms, connected to our Advocacy & Policy programme.
Research
Original and collaborative research into cross-border abuse, access to justice, children, migration, technology and related issues.
Lived Experience
Safeguarded and appropriately anonymised testimony that helps illuminate recurring patterns.
Expert Voices
Interviews and contributions from lawyers, researchers, safeguarding practitioners, digital-safety specialists, migration professionals and others.
RESEARCH PROJECT
The Cost of Cross-Border Justice
What happens when the court that can protect something fundamental to your life is thousands of miles away?
Tied Across Borders intends to investigate the financial and practical cost of pursuing legitimate legal proceedings in another jurisdiction.
Please do not send court documents or confidential evidence. Registering interest simply lets us contact you if future research opportunities develop.
Potential research questions
- legal representation costs
- legal-aid eligibility
- translation
- interpretation
- notarisation and apostilles
- document certification
- international postage and service of documents
- expert reports
- travel
- accommodation
- remote hearings
- currency differences
- finding reputable foreign lawyers
- whether financial barriers prevent cases being pursued
- whether those barriers create inequality between local and overseas litigants
Film & Video
Some stories are understood differently when people can hear the voices behind them. Tied Across Borders intends to develop film and video alongside its research and written resources.
What we intend to develop
- educational videos
- explainers
- expert interviews
- anonymised testimony
- survivor-informed storytelling
- documentary shorts
- longer documentary projects
- investigative journalism
- campaign films
Tied Across Borders — Documentary Project
We intend to explore the realities of abuse, justice, parenting, migration and technology across borders through documentary storytelling.
Any lived-experience participation must be based on:
- informed consent
- safeguarding
- anonymity where needed
- protection of children
- legal review where appropriate
- the ability to withdraw before publication under agreed terms
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New research, stories and films as they are published.