A review conducted by CHEM Trust has found significant shortcomings in the UK’s post-Brexit chemical regulatory system, known as UK REACH. Despite government assurances…
Grantee stories
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SRT grantee partner the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) has welcomed a political agreement made by EU legislators on the Corporate Sustainability Due…
On December 11, 2023, conservationists celebrated as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reclassified the saiga antelope, a keystone species of the Central…
On 15 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the government’s Rwanda scheme is unlawful. Under this proposed scheme, people who are deemed…
On the 4th of October, Mauritius’ Supreme Court declared a law that criminalised same-sex intimacy between men unconstitutional. SRT grantee partner the Human Dignity…
In September, Mexico’s supreme court unanimously ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights. Former SRT grantee partner Grupo de Información…
Switzerland’s courts have seen recent successes involving cases based on universal jurisdiction, helped in part by current and former SRT grantee partners, including TRIAL…
Our grantee partner EQUITAS, founded in 2004 in Colombia, aims to bring forensic expertise to the investigation of gross human rights violations. A key part…
Victoria Amelina was an award-winning Ukrainian novelist, poet and a children’s book author. After Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022, she also undertook training to…
Julienne Lusenge, a Congolese human rights activist, and founder and Chair of the Board of SRT grantee SOFEPADI, has been named as one of…
The European Parliament has approved a draft Artificial Intelligence Act that aims to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on its potential to cause harm.
SRT grantee Freedom from Torture has won the overall prize at the 2023 Charity Awards in London, in addition to winning in the…
Two SRT grantees selected as UN World Restoration Flagships have featured in a film series produced by the UN Environment Programme. The Restore series…
A world-first clinical trial at SRT grantee UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology has shown “very promising” results for a new Alzheimer’s drug that…