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El ex Relator Especial de la ONU sobre la tortura, Juan Méndez, analiza la evolución de las herramientas y normas contra la tortura en los 40 años transcurridos desde la adopción por las Naciones Unidas de la Convención contra la Tortura. Read More

by Isabella Obara – Human Rights Lawyer, IMLU On the tragic nights of September 3rd and 4th, 2000, Bernard M’Mwirichia, the sole survivor of the King’ong’o Prison Massacre, witnessed the brutal killing of six inmates at Nyeri Prison in Kenya. The victims, Peter Loyara Lumukunya, James Irungu Ndugo, John Njoro… Read More

Today, REDRESS, the Global Survivors Fund (GSF), Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies at Gulu University launched a briefing paper that examines the Reparations Order issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in… Read More

Ahead of renewed mass protests in Kenya, the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) expresses its grave concern over clear and convincing evidence of the systematic torture and ill-treatment, extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances of protesters by Kenyan security forces. We call on the Government of Kenya to issue an… Read More

Français This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium’s Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture (1984-2024) by giving a voice to torture victims, experts, and activists.  On the 24th December… Read More

English Cette interview fait partie de l’initiative multimédia Voices for Human Dignity du Consortium United Against Torture. Cette initiative célèbre le 40e anniversaire de la Convention contre la torture (1984-2024) en faisant entendre la voix des victimes de torture, des experts et des militants. … Read More

On 31 July 2024, it was announced that, after 2 years of negotiations with Prosecutors, a plea deal had been reached which would have removed the risk that our client, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, along with two other… Read More

by Natalie Lucas (Legal Officer, REDRESS) and Nelson Olanipekun (Founder, Citizens Gavel) On 10 July, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delivered a significant judgement against… Read More