Innovative Lawyers Awards

About the Innovative Lawyers Awards

REDRESS’s Innovative Lawyers Awards, granted under the umbrella of the United Against Torture Consortium, encourage and empower a new generation of lawyers in the anti-torture movement to challenge the use of torture in their communities.

The aim of the awards is to recognise the vital work of new and emerging anti-torture champions, expose them to a broader peer support network, offer them some financial support to pursue public interest litigation, and to inspire other lawyers and practitioners.

The United Against Torture Consortium is working to challenge torture used to silence those who dissent and to further oppress marginalised and excluded minorities by using strategic litigation. We work with national civil society partners to hold governments to account and to protect those who may feel powerless to respond to such abuses.