Sanctions at a Crossroads as U.S. Misuse Continues
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REDRESS’s Casebook Highlights Strategic Cases Challenging Torture and Defending Dissent
DOWNLOAD CASEBOOK 2 WATCH THE WEBINAR LAUNCH By Ana Cutts Dougherty, Legal Consultant, and Renata Politi, Senior Legal Advisor Today, REDRESS is launching the second casebook in our series cataloguing leading strategic cases against torture. This new edition focuses on cases where torture and other forms of ill-treatment have been used to silence dissent — targeting protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, environmental… Read More
Communiqué conjoint: L’ordonnance de réparation de la CPI dans l’affaire Al Hassan constate que l’aspect lié au genre de la persécution religieuse a affecté l’ensemble de la communauté de Tombouctou et adopte une approche holistique du préjudice
English Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ), aux côtés des co-amici Mama Koité Doumbia, Association des Femmes pour les Initiatives de Paix (AFIP), Groupe de Recherche, d’Étude, de Formation Femme-Action (GREFFA), Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH), REDRESS, Avocats sans frontières Canada (ASFC) et Sareta Ashraph,… Read More
Joint Statement: ICC Reparations Order in Al Hassan Finds the Gender Aspect of Religious Persecution Impacted the Entire Community of Timbuktu, Adopting a Holistic Approach to Harm
Français Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ), together with co-amici Mama Koité Doumbia, Association des Femmes pour les Initiatives de Paix (AFIP), Groupe de Recherche, d’Étude, de Formation Femme-Action (GREFFA), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), REDRESS, Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWB Canada), and Sareta Ashraph,… Read More
How Gen Z has Shaped the Response to Torture and Police Brutality in East Africa
By Anne Kavutha Mutua, Innovative Lawyer Awardee SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS Anne Kavutha Mutua is a Kenyan human rights lawyer and REDRESS Innovative Lawyers Award recipient. She is the founder and director of The Legal Caravan, an organisation advancing justice and equality through community… Read More
UN Experts Call for Urgent Release of Jagtar Singh Johal After Torture Findings
Today, 10 UN human rights experts have joined a growing chorus of voices calling on India to urgently release Jagtar Singh Johal, a British blogger who has been unlawfully detained in India for over eight years after being targeted for his activism. In a strongly worded statement, they warn that his… Read More
UN Experts Raise Alarm Over Custodial Torture in India
In May 2024, protests broke out around a local police station in Channagiri, in the state of Karnataka, India. A 33-year-old carpenter, Mohammad Adil, had been taken to the local police station for questioning in connection with a gambling case, but was declared dead in hospital later the… Read More
ACHPR Landmark Decision on Reparations for Survivors of Conflict Related Sexual Violence
By Deborah Nyokabi, Equality Now and Steering Committee of Implementation Working Group The Democratic Republic of Congo consistently reports the highest number of cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV)annually in the Secretary General’s Annual Report. In this context, the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights… Read More