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Today’s launch of the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime by the Foreign Secretary is welcomed by a coalition of the UK’s leading anti-corruption organisations. The regime, if robustly implemented, will help the UK: Coordinate more effectively with allies like the US and Canada to close down the west as a safe… Read More

British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has received a further sentence of one year. It is not clear whether she will be returned to prison or house arrest with an ankle tag.  Nazanin’s lawyer was summoned to Judge Salavati’s office today, where he was told… Read More

The 2021 Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR), published today by TRIAL International, REDRESS, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the International Federation for Human Rights, the Center for Justice and Accountability and Civitas Maxima, highlights the impact of covid-19 on prosecutions of torture, war crimes… Read More

Download the Report متوفر باللغة العربية 11 April 2021 marks two years since Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was removed from office after months of peaceful protests. Since 2019, a transitional government has taken several important steps with respect to human rights and accountability efforts. Read More

Libya violated the rights of Libyan human rights defender Magdulein Abaida by failing to investigate her arbitrary arrest and torture, the UN body of experts that monitors implementation of the main global treaty on women’s rights has found. The decision, issued today, is emblematic in two ways: it is the… Read More

Five years to the day since the arrest of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Iran continues to hold her hostage and refuses to allow her to reunite with her husband and daughter in the UK.  Despite having officially completed her sentence on the 7th March… Read More

Learn more Around the world, corrupt leaders often use torture and other serious human rights abuses to maintain their power.   While these dictators and warlords embezzle millions from their countries, they use violence to silence critics and intimidate the population, including through killings,… Read More

As serious and unprecedented human rights violations are continuing in a culture of impunity in Belarus, there is an urgent need to ensure that evidence and documentation are collected and preserved in a secure and appropriate manner in accordance with international standards. In a joint declaration 19 states expressed their… Read More