Practice
We understand a community of practice as a group of organisations, practitioners, activists, and survivors that aim to share exchange expertise and experiences and share the common interest in deliver campaigns with the objective of strength the anti-torture movement.
The communities of practice share and learn from practical experiences to reach individual and common objectives. REDRESS is promoting several communities of practice according to its areas of work and expertise, including on reparation, universal jurisdiction, LGBTIQ+, and sanctions.
To contribute to the communities of practice, REDRESS promotes the exchange of practical experiences among practitioners, and fosters this exchange through:
- Litigation Workshops. We deliver in-person and online workshops with our partners on holistic strategic ligitation against torture, brainstorming and mentoring individual cases.
- Practice Notes. These offer practical guidance on key aspects of holistic strategic litigation against torture as well as examples of REDRESS’ practice. Some are available also in French, Spanish and Arabic. We consult our partners in the process of drafting these documents and ask for feedback for the development of future ones.
- Practice Note 1: The Law against Torture
- Practice Note 2: Holistic Strategic Litigation against Torture
- Practice Note 3: Istanbul Protocol: Medico-Legal Reports
- Practice Note 4: Implementation of decisions
- Practice Note 5: Strategic Litigation of Enforced Disappearances in Africa
- Practice Note 6: Working with Child Victims of Trauma
- Practice Note 7: Facilitating Litigation Workshops
- Practice Note 8: Case Management and Digital Security for Strategic Litigation against Torture
- Practice Note 9: Evaluating the Impact of Strategic Litigation against Torture
- Practice Note 10: Reparation for Torture Survivors
- Practice Note 11: A Survivor-Centred Approach to Seeking Reparation for Torture
- Holistic Strategic Modules and Power Point Presentations. A set of materials for lawyers and practitioners delivering workshops on strategic litigation against torture with pre-designed PowerPoint presentations. The PowerPoint presentations are editable so that you can tailor them to your specific needs. Modules can be combined, shortened, or supplemented with your own knowledge. Some are available in French and Spanish.
- Module 1: Elements and Definitions of Holistic Strategic Litigation Against Torture
- Module 2: The UN Convention against Torture and the Definition of Torture
- Module 3: Enforced Disappearance as Torture
- Module 4: Sexual Gender-Based Violence as Torture
- Module 5: Instigating Prosecutions for Torture
- Module 6: Negotiation and Settlement
- Module 7: Advocacy
- Module 8: Forum Choice
- Module 9: Reparation
- Module 10: Compensation
- Module 11: Writing a Human Rights Claim
- Module 12: Torture in Detention
- Module 13: Working with Survivors of Trauma
- Module 14: Ethics and Client Care
- Module 15: Evidence of Torture
- Module 16: LGBTIQ+ Violence as Torture
- Just Reparation newsletter. Our regular roundup of news on reparation curated by the REDRESS legal team, keeping you up to date with the latest news on reparation for torture and other human rights violations, including judgments, implementation of decisions and reports. To read previous editions and to sign up, visit this page.
- Videos: Introductory videos offering explaining key concepts of holistic strategic litigation against torture in a visual way.
- Webinars: Recordings of our past webinars delivered together with partners and survivor’s organisations.