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Today’s announcement by Sudan’s transitional authorities that they will hand over officials wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a major step towards confronting the longstanding impunity for human rights abuses under former president Omar al-Bashir. It also brings victims in Darfur closer to receiving justice for… Read More

Child sexual abuse by peacekeepers usually goes unpunished and few victims secure reparations, according to new research by human rights organisations REDRESS and the Child Rights International Network.  The joint report, Litigating Peacekeeper Child Sexual Abuse, examines the success of litigation in pursuing justice for… Read More

On any given day, over 3,000 people who have not been convicted of any crime are held in pre-trial detention in the Netherlands. Some will suffer violence while in detention and awaiting their trial. As part of a project that Redress is conducting with Fair Trials and other partners, we… Read More

The UK has revised its War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity Referral Guidelines, which set out the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service’s policy on determining whether to investigate referrals of torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The updated guidelines can be found on the… Read More

متوفر باللغة العربية At a critical juncture in Sudan’s history, a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and REDRESS, A Way Forward? Anti-torture reforms in Sudan in the Post-Bashir era identifies priorities for change and key reforms to end the… Read More

The UK Central Criminal Court has dismissed a case against Agnes Reeves Taylor, the ex-wife of the former Liberian president and convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor. In a decision handed down on Friday 6 December 2019, the Court found that the defendant could not be prosecuted for torture because of… Read More

Next week, REDRESS will join human rights and civil society organisations in The Hague for the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). Serving as the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) the ASP meets in full plenary once a year to discuss and decide upon… Read More

The Netherlands has adopted a strong framework on victims’ rights within its domestic criminal system: victims have to be informed of their rights in criminal proceedings at an early stage, including their right to participate in proceedings and to obtain legal representation, and to seek compensation. Yet the way in… Read More