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Joint Committee on Human Rights supports RSI’s analysis that Legacy Bill would violate international law

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Today, the Joint Committee of Human Rights agreed with RSI’s legal analysis and advised the UK government to ‘reconsider its whole approach’ to the legacy of the conflict in Northern... Read more

Europe’s highest court stresses RSI’s work in major ruling

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The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled yesterday in a major case that France violated human rights when it refused to let French children and women confined... Read more

123 NGOs write to Parliament advising it scraps the Bill of Rights Bill

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Signatories of letter led by Rights & Security International include Amnesty International, Liberty, Muslim Council of Britain London, 1 March February 2024 – A group of eleven organisations spearheaded by... Read more

UK: Government should not use new laws to let its officials violate human rights with impunity

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(London, 10 May 2022) - The UK government risks creating large accountability gaps for human rights violations, Rights & Security International (RSI) said today following the announcement of planned legislation... Read more

Government’s Prevent strategy is hindering environmental and anti-racism movements, as well as Muslim groups, new research finds

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Wednesday 23rd March Today Rights & Security International (RSI) publishes a new report that starkly reveals the ways in which the government’s Prevent strategy hinders free speech and discourages non-violent political... Read more

UN experts tell UK its citizenship-stripping powers could discriminate and break international law

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(London, 17 February 2022) – Top UN human rights experts, including specialised experts on racism and human trafficking, told the UK government last night that its citizenship-stripping practices and attempts to... Read more

UK must repatriate all British children and women from detention camps in northeast Syria now

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Authorities should also avoid separating families Rights & Security International (RSI) welcomes the news that the UK government repatriated three British children from detention camps in northeast Syria on Monday... Read more

UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights Accepts RSI’s Explanation of Why the Human Rights Act Should Apply Overseas

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On 23 June 2021, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) released their submission to the government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review, pointing to RSI’s materials to explain... Read more

UK: New “Legacy” Plans May Violate International Law

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(London, 26th July 2021) – The UK Government will create impunity for serious conflict-related abuses in Northern Ireland such as killings, torture and cruel and degrading treatment, Rights and Security International... Read more

Legacy Practitioners Open Letter: legacy commitments in NDNA must be returned to

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Thursday 17 June 2021 For immediate release Human Rights NGOs, academics, and lawyers express ‘deep concerns’ about NIO proposed legislation An open letter endorsed by human rights NGOs, academics and... Read more

UK: Concerns about Impunity in Northern Ireland Following Queen’s Speech

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(London, 11 May 2021) – The UK government risks creating impunity for serious conflict-related abuses in Northern Ireland such as killings, torture and cruel and degrading treatment, Rights and Security International... Read more

UK: Investigate human trafficking of British children and women in Syrian camps

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London, 30 April 2021 – The UK Parliament should begin an urgent inquiry into government policies in response to new evidence that over half of British women in North East Syrian camps... Read more

Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship

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Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship The Home Office’s refusal to disclose how many British women it has deprived of their nationality... Read more

Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship

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UK: Don’t renew Coronavirus Act provisions that harm rights

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The UK Parliament is likely to renew the government’s emergency powers to combat COVID-19 this week, but the relevant law — the Coronavirus Act 2020 — includes provisions that continue... Read more

Rights and Security International’s Statement on the UK’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

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The UK’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will further silence the country’s marginalised communities, which already have a disproportionately small voice in power-wielding institutions, by needlessly restricting their right... Read more

RSI Briefs the House of Lords Committee on the Impact of the Overseas Operations Bill on the Good Friday Agreement

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On the 9th March 2021, the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 2019-2021 enters its Committee Stage at the House of Lords. Today RSI advocates to ensure that the... Read more

Follow Belgium by repatriating children and women from squalid Syrian camps, RSI urges governments

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Belgian policy announced yesterday should prompt other returns and rights protections (London, 5 March 2021) – Belgium’s decision to take back a significant number of Belgian children and women from... Read more

RSI Submits Evidence to the Independent Human Rights Act Review

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On the 3rd March 2021, RSI submitted evidence to the Independent Human Rights Act Review - the review launched into the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in... Read more