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Access to justice

Legal Empowerment and Rule of Law

Legal Empowerment and Rule of Law

Ensuring citizens know and can claim their rights. Building the rule of law from the bottom up. Read more

Published: 2nd October, 2017

Updated: 15th September, 2021

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Access to lawyers

Access to lawyers

Restricting access to lawyers is justice denied. Read more

Published: 17th April, 2018

Updated: 18th April, 2018

Author: Nicola Macbean

Duty lawyers

Duty lawyers

Duty lawyers can provide prompt legal assistance to detainees and access to legal aid. Read more

Published: 16th January, 2018

Updated: 17th April, 2018

Author: Sophie Cornford

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  • Launch: Handbook for Uyghur Community

    Launch: Handbook for Uyghur Community

    The Rights Practice is delighted to invite you to the online launch of our Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK on Thursday 23rd June at 1pm (BST).

  • Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    In June 2022, The Rights Practice has produced a new handbook to address some of the concerns and needs of Uyghurs living in the UK.

  • UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China's human rights crisis

    UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China's human rights crisis

    On 19 April 2022, The Rights Practice signed a joint statement, with a total of 60 human rights organisations, setting out the minimum conditions to be met for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' visit to China to be credible.

  • Impact of the Death Penalty in China

    Impact of the Death Penalty in China

    In April 2022, The Rights Practice responded to a call from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, which focused on the imposition of the death penalty and its impact in China.

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  • Rahima's Story

    Rahima's Story

    Rahima Mahmut, Uyghur singer and human rights activist, shared her story at the UK Parliamentary Roundtable on Xinjiang.

  • Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    In June 2022, The Rights Practice has produced a new handbook to address some of the concerns and needs of Uyghurs living in the UK.

  • Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in Xinjiang

    Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in Xinjiang

    In June 2021, we released a Working Paper on Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in the XUAR. The paper delves into official statistics and Chinese law to try and understand how the criminal law is being used to detain Uyghurs.

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    Our Trustees come from a wide range of backgrounds.

  • UK Parliamentary Roundtable on Xinjiang

    UK Parliamentary Roundtable on Xinjiang

    The Rights Practice helped to organise a parliamentary roundtable on increased detentions and ill treatment in Xinjiang.

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    Learning, sharing and critical reflection. Founded in 2002 to help put human rights into practice.

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  • The Uyghur Community in the UK

    The Uyghur Community in the UK

    December 2020. The Rights Practice recently surveyed Uyghurs living in the UK. Our survey revealed a community desperate for information about relatives in Xinjiang.

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