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WE STOP HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF

NATIONAL SECURITY 

For over 30 years, Rights & Security International has held governments to account for discrimination and other human rights harms committed in the name of national security.  

We work to get racism and other bias out of national security policies -- and bring in human rights and accountability. 

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June 08, 2023
Featured Article Counter-Terrorism International Humanitarian Law Citizenship International Security and Rule of Law

Rights and Security International’s Roundtable on Citizenship Deprivation Practices in Council of Europe Jurisdictions

May 19, 2023
Article 8 Human Rights Act International Humanitarian Law Right to Life Citizenship Marginalised and vulnerable groups

Hindering access to British citizenship: RSI’s Briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill

May 17, 2023
Featured Article International Humanitarian Law RISE Coalition Rise Coalition

Indonesia: stop using criminal ‘defamation’ laws to target civil society

May 11, 2023
Featured Article Counter-Terrorism Impunity Surveillance Article 8 Human Rights Act Tech International Security and Rule of Law Accountability and Access to Justice

Don’t give police new surveillance powers, RSI tells Public Bill Committee

Focus Areas

Across the world, national security measures are increasingly being used to silence dissent, target vulnerable and marginalised communities, and close civic and democratic space. In parallel, the obstacles for victims to access justice have significantly increased as Governments hide behind the well-worn cloak of national security and at the same time are systematically dismantling the hard-fought for protections in the form of laws (international, regional and domestic), institutions (including judicial institutions) and safeguards (including Parliamentary oversight of executive action). To address these trends, and advocate for rights-based approach to national security policies, Rights and Security International works on the following focus areas.

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Closing of Civic Space

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Racial and Gender Justice

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Migration and Citizenship

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Accountability and Access to Justice

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Rise Coalition

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THE HISTORY OF RIGHTS & SECURITY INTERNATIONAL

Explore how Rights and Security International has been successfully advocating for a rights-based approach to national security, and holding Governments to account for unlawful actions taken in the name of national security for over three decades.

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