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On the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Global Initiative Against Impunity reaffirms the essential role of international justice in upholding the international rules-based order. Victims and survivors of atrocity crimes must be at the heart of these processes and… Read More
Read our briefing Last November, the UK Government committed to introducing a Special Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions, following calls from victims of State hostage-taking and their families, parliamentarians,and civil society, including from REDRESS. The role is expected… Read More
Persistent obstacles often undermine member states’ compliance with decisions issued by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). These include the lack of political will, inaccessible or unclear domestic enforcement mechanisms, poor monitoring, and limited use of the Commission’s follow-up procedures. Together, these factors weaken the African… Read More
The absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment extends beyond places of deprivation of liberty; it also applies in extra-custodial settings including during protests and other assemblies. Yet, the management of protests is all too often characterised by violent repression and excessive use of force to… Read More
by Alejandra Vicente, REDRESS Head of Law In 2024 alone, India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), an oversight body, recorded 130 new custodial deaths complaints, pushing the total pending cases before this body to over 2,400. This figure, while jarring, represents only the tip of the iceberg and does… Read More
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United Against Torture Consortium urges States to take real action to end torture and ill-treatment Torture and… Read More
REDRESS will share the findings of their newly released reports and, alongside expert speakers, highlight… Read More
Masafu Okwara is a lawyer at the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) and a recipient of REDRESS’s Innovative Lawyers Awards. She spoke with REDRESS about confronting discrimination and violence against LGBTIQ+ people in Kenya. Through NGLHRC’s Legal Aid Clinic, she provides free legal representation to LGBTIQ+… Read More