Policy And Research

We advocate for policy change to bring about an end to the death penalty, torture, unlawful detention, and unlawful lethal drone strikes.

All too often, Governments which oppose these abuses in principle end up enabling them in practice – for example by supporting death penalty prosecutions overseas or sharing intelligence obtained under torture.

We work with policy-makers and legislators to help end these abuses, and ensure Governments uphold their commitments. You can read some of our policy briefings, as well as reports from our investigations, below.

Latest

In the news 2 months

This is human experimentation: the end of a seven day execution horror.

In the news 7 months

Everything you didn’t know about lethal injections: they’re cruel, unusual and racist. 

Research report 3 years

From uprisings to executions: The death penalty in Bahrain, ten years on from the Arab Spring

Research report 3 years

Halfway there and Saudi Arabia is still falling short: Our midterm report on Saudi Arabia’s UPR

Research report 3 years

The death penalty in Egypt: Ten years after the uprising

Research report 7 years

Game Changer: An investigation by Reprieve into President Donald Trump’s secret assassination programme and the massacre of Yemeni civilians in the villages of Yakla and Al Jubah

Research report 8 years

Policing as Torture: A report on systemic brutality and torture by the police in Faisalabad, Pakistan – Report by the Justice Project Pakistan

Research report 8 years

Opaque Transparency: The Obama Administration and its opaque transparency on civilians killed in drone strikes

Research report 8 years

You Never Die Twice: Multiple kills in the US drone program

Research report 10 years

Malawi Mitigation Investigation Guide: A guide to best practices for mitigation investigation in capital cases

Research report 11 years

Report on torturous methods used to force feed Guantánamo Bay prisoners