19th May 2023
As of 19 May 2023, the Illegal Migration Bill has reached Committee Stage in the House of Lords. RSI believes that proposals in the Bill would restrict citizenship rights for...
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22nd February 2023
Today, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) released a judgement rejecting the appeal of Shamima Begum, a young woman born in the UK and raised in London, against the Home Office's decision...
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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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1st December 2022
On 23 November 2022, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, a member of the House of Lords, publicly raised RSI’s concerns about the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill during a Committee Stage debate. Quoting from...
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19th October 2022
RSI welcomes the news that the UK has repatriated a British woman and child from Syria. It is the first known instance of the UK repatriating a British woman from the northeast...
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15th September 2022
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...
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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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4th July 2022
Today, RSI outlined its opposition to the reforms proposed in the Bill of Rights Bill. While the Bill is objectionable for many reasons, RSI believes that the proposed Bill of...
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21st June 2022
Today, RSI submitted its evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights outlining its concerns with the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. In summary, RSI argues that the...
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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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16th December 2021
Rights & Security International's (RSI) research shows that the UK government is wrong in its claims that British military veterans have been subjected to 'vexatious claims' arising out of the...
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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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17th June 2021
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...
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11th May 2021
(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...
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18th January 2021
This Wednesday 20 January 2021, the House of Lords is due to conduct its second reading of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 2019-2021. Ahead of the debate,...
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