2023 Annual Report
14th October 2024
For more than 30 years, Rights & Security International (RSI) has worked collaboratively to document and end human rights violations that governments commit in the name of national security. We find the facts, create innovative new policy ideas based on evidence, defend human rights in court, and help others understand how to use human rights law as a practical tool for change.
Our principled, expert work ensures that the important protections of international human rights law remain in place for everyone, and helps stop governments from sliding into secrecy, impunity and oppression. We have a particular focus on challenging religious, racial, gender and other bias in national security policing.
Our charity was originally established in the early 1990s to address torture, killings and arbitrary detention in Northern Ireland. Following the 9/11 attacks and rise of Islamophobic rhetoric and policing tactics in the UK, we expanded our work to focus on Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland. In 2020, we became an international organisation that promotes respect for human rights when governments act in the name of countering terrorism or extremism anywhere in the world. Our current organisation-wide strategic plan covers the period from 2022 through the end of 2024.
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