23rd February 2024
London, 23 Feb – Today's decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold the removal of Shamima Begum's British citizenship is a deeply disappointing outcome, setting a troubling precedent for the...
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8th June 2023
In April 2023, Rights & Security International (RSI) hosted a hybrid roundtable in central London to discuss citizenship deprivation practices across three Council of Europe jurisdictions—the United Kingdom, France and...
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26th May 2023
On Tuesday 16 May, the Labour Party supported RSI’s analysis of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill in a Committee debate. RSI has repeatedly raised concerns that...
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11th May 2023
Yesterday, RSI testified before a House of Commons Committee about the negative impacts the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill would have if Parliament adopts it.The Public Bill...
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2nd February 2023
Today, Baroness Smith of Newnham supported RSIs concerns about the legality of the use of people's biometric data, in the House of Lords Committee Stage debates on the Northern Ireland...
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31st January 2023
Today, RSI submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism's call for inputs on the impact of...
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12th January 2023
On 10 January 2023, the Spanish government announced that it had successfully repatriated 13 children and two women from the Roj detention camp in northeast Syria. This is the first repatriation effort...
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8th December 2022
Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and RSI brief Parliament on Clause 14 of the Bill of Rights Bill. We believe the clause, if enacted, would: Remove access to justice for...
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3rd August 2022
RSI is concerned by clause 31 of the draft Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which authorises the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to create sweeping regulations on...
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13th July 2022
Today, RSI launched its Global Repatriations Tracker, an important new tool that charts the estimated number of children, women and men repatriated from northeast Syria by country and date since 2019....
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5th July 2022
RSI submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on the creation of a Human Rights Ombudsperson. RSI welcomes this initiative and recommends that such an institution is...
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30th March 2022
Today, Rights & Security International submitted evidence to the UK's Universal Periodic Review. In this evidence, RSI explains that: The UK government is seeking to introduce an amnesty for all...
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8th March 2022
Today RSI submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on ‘Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights’. RSI’s submission demonstrates four overarching points of concern with...
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10th December 2021
Rights & Security International (RSI) is seeking proposals from legally registered charities in Brazil for new research on the impact of security laws and programs on civil society or movements for justice. We may award up...
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8th November 2021
On 8 NovemberRights & Security International (RSI) submitted expert evidence to an inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)on Trafficked Britons in Syria.The APPG exists to ensure that the UK...
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5th November 2021
On 8 November Rights & Security International (RSI) submitted expert evidence to an inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Trafficked Britons in Syria. The APPG exists to ensure that the UK...
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26th October 2021
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...
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23rd September 2021
The UK governments Command Paper, which outlined a new method of dealing with the past in Northern Ireland, indicates that South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a source...
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18th August 2021
The UK government's new plans for 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland must comply with International Human Rights Law. RSI remain concerned that the proposed amnesty fails to do so...
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10th August 2021
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...
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