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READ MORE The International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) has collected over 10,0000 victim, witness, and documentary files and 500,000 items from open sources on crimes under international law committed in Belarus since its launch a year ago. With the human rights situation in Belarus and… Read More

The Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) and REDRESS published a three-part series of factsheets which summarises the key thematic areas reviewed in the recent report titled ‘Anti-Torture Standards in Common Law Africa: Good Practices and Way Forward’.  The factsheets review… Read More

Download the Q&A     متوفر باللغة العربية This Q&A was prepared by REDRESS and Project Expedite Justice. In a historic milestone, the first trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning crimes committed in Darfur will open tomorrow against… Read More

Lire l'article en français With developments seen in more than 60 cases across 16 jurisdictions, the year 2021 highlights the growing importance of universal jurisdiction within international justice. TRIAL International publishes today, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, CJA, ECCHR, FIDH and REDRESS, the… Read More

Avec des développements dans plus de 60 affaires devant 16 juridictions nationales, l’année 2021 a vu la compétence universelle jouer un rôle toujours plus important pour rendre justice aux victimes de crimes internationaux. TRIAL International publie aujourd’hui, en collaboration avec Civitas Maxima, CJA, ECCHR, la FIFDH et REDRESS,… Read More

Today REDRESS and the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) launch their joint report entitled Anti-Torture Standards in common law Africa: Good Practices and Way Forward.  The report reviews the anti-torture legal and regulatory framework in The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe and provides an analysis of standards in place to prevent, prohibit and respond to torture and other ill-treatment in these States.   Read More

REDRESS has made a submission to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, focusing on the UK’s performance on issues relating to torture and ill-treatment.    Some of the key points covered in the submission are as follows:   The UK… Read More

REDRESS and its South African partners, Access Chapter 2, have made a joint submission as part of the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of South Africa that will be held in October and November 2022.   The submission focuses on… Read More