Human Rights

DPI forces accountability from governments through media, lobbying efforts and through the courts and United Nations on behalf of human rights victims.

British national Lee Bradley Brown died in custody after a violent beating. Grandfather and businessman Albert Douglas, represented by Stirling, was brutally assaulted in detention, sustaining broken bones and lasting trauma. Stirling took his case to the United Nations who ruled he had been arbitrarily detained, recommended compensation and referred him to the special rapporteur on torture.