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REDRESS is seeking applications for financial support to cover some of the casework costs of legal cases against torture, particularly torture in the context of protests and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons. Read More
Former UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez discusses the development of anti-torture tools and standards in the 40 years since the United Nation's adoption of the Convention against Torture. Read More
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
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