SJI is a Dutch-registered human rights group founded in 2001, dedicated to the legal protection of victims of grave human rights violations connected to armed conflict and authoritarianism, torture and gender-based violence in the post-Soviet region.
We use the judgments we obtain in order to restore victims’ rights and to push for systemic reform in law and policy.
We seek to raise greater public awareness about the protections afforded by international human rights standards and current gaps in national policy and practice, by sharing significant human rights case law, highlighting legacies of conflicts, and contributing to human rights protection for vulnerable groups.
We strive to ensure that victims of such abuse have access to effective legal remedies on the domestic level, and utilize international mechanisms, when domestic remedies are inadequate. We provide psychosocial support to victims in need of such help.
SJI cases in the ECHR
- Barakhoyev and Others v. Russia
- Chemurziyev v. Russia (06/03/2025)
- Chemurziyev v. Russia (27/06/2024)
Media about us
- BBC: “When I Escaped”
- The Guardian: “Tough prison sentences will not end FGM in Dagestan”
- The Moscow Times: “Girls Under the Knife: Is Russia Ready to Tackle FGM?”