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By Joss Gillespie, Communications Assistant READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW In recent years, we have witnessed a surge in torture and excessive use of force against civilians in countries such as Belarus, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the US, France, Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sudan, and Venezuela. Read More

By Florindo Chivucute | Hanna Yamir, Contributor  In November, the UK government announced major sanctions targeting high-profile… Read More

Benoit Meystre, one of the Legal Representatives in the A V. Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland case, describes the features of the case. Read More

By Julie Bardèche, Senior Legal Advisor READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW In recent years, as part of a multi-country study led by the Global Survivors Fund, REDRESS has been examining the prevalence of conflict-related sexual violence in Chad, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Bangladesh and the main obstacles… Read More

At their recent meeting in Strasbourg, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe – the body which oversees the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – criticised the failure of Lithuania to complete their domestic investigation into allegations of… Read More

On 5 December 2024, MPs from every major party called on the Government to take urgent action to remedy the UK’s flawed approach to British nationals detained abroad during a backbench business debate in the House of Commons. The debate, led by Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chair of the… Read More

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture. Claude Heller, Chair of the Committee against Torture, reflects on the Committee’s achievements and his vision for the future. Read More

Oswaldo Rodriguez is one of tens of thousands of Mexican citizens tortured with impunity over the past two decades in the Mexican government's ‘War on Drugs’. Read More