Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February, we have been in constant contact with our grantees in the country and others directly affected. Our Chair…
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On 23rd of March 2022, the UN women’s rights committee decided that the criminalisation of consensual, same-sex intimacy…
In late February 2022, hundreds of activists from Latin America’s “Marea Verde” or “Green Wave” movement donned green neck scarves and signs to…
In November 2021, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) confirmed that Hungary’s 2018 “Stop Soros” Act that foresees potential criminal sanctions for those providing assistance…
A Hungarian law requiring NGOs with at least HUF 9 million in grants from abroad to register as a “foreign-funded organisation” has been ruled “stigmatizing,…
Trust grantee Equal Education (EE) and the school governing bodies of two schools in the South African region of Limpopo launched an urgent court application…
An alleged former Gambian “death squad” member has been indicted in the United States on 11th June 2020 on torture charges. A coalition of victims…
The judgment by the EU Court of Justice was one of four successful rulings in one day for the Hungarian Helsinki Committee…
On 25 April 2020, NHK World Doc released a video, “Digital Detectives”, which explores the revolution of open source investigations within the field of journalism…
SRT grantee the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has released an international investigation into the mislabelling of Coronavirus Antibody Tests in Europe and…
Unusual efforts between the UK Home Office and the Greek government have allowed a flight on Monday 10th May 2020 from Athens carrying 47 migrants,…
Two Azerbaijani human rights defenders, supported by Trust grantee European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), have been acquitted following arrest and detention in 2014 and…
In a groundbreaking ruling published on 6th April 2020, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has found Peru responsible for the torture and sexual…
Trust grantees, European Center for Not for Profit Law (ECNL) and International Center for Not for Profit Law (ICNL), have collaborated to publish a short…