In a significant legal action, twenty-five families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have filed a lawsuit against the South African government seeking constitutional damages…
Grantee stories
Highlighted stories from across our programmes
Over the past decade, SRT grantee partner the End FGM European Network (End FGM EU), has emerged as a pivotal force in combating female…
New analysis from The Forever Pollution Project has exposed the dire environmental, health and financial implications posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or…
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for systematically pushing back asylum-seekers at its borders. The historic ruling, issued on 7 January 2025,…
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…
Five SRT grantees, Organized Crime and Corruption reporting Project (OCCRP), the Bureau for Investigative Journalism, Direkt 36, Crime and Corruption Reporting…
SRT grant agreements prohibit our funds from being used for unacceptable political activities or for campaigning in a doctrinaire, partisan or propagandist manner. Our grantees…
SRT grantee partners Mnemonic, (host organisation of Syrian Archive programme), and the Human Rights Center at the University of Berkeley were among those…
SRT grantee partner the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, (MYLA), were among those celebrating a legislative victory that worked to end statelessness in North Macedonia. In…
The illegal wildlife trade is worth up to $20 billion annually and involves highly organised criminal networks associated with violent crime, corruption and other…
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…