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Watch it on YouTube On 11 July 2018, REDRESS convened a high-profile panel discussion with survivors and human rights experts at the Frontline Club in London. A recording of the discussion Breaking the Legacy of Torture: from Northern Ireland to the Age of Trump is now available on our… Read More

IntLawGrrls has published a blog piece by our consultant Sarah Fulton. Sarah recently authored a supplement to the International Protocol on Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Myanmar for REDRESS and co-authored another one on Sri Lanka. You can read Sarah’s piece on IntLawGrrls here. You can… Read More

Press release: REDRESS has reiterated its call for India to conduct an immediate investigation into allegations that police tortured Mr Johal, and ensure that no evidence obtained by torture is used in Mr Johal’s trial. Read More

Charlie Loudon, International Legal Adviser at REDRESS, delivered the following remarks to a European Parliament workshop on 28 June 2018, “Universal Jurisdiction and International Crimes: Constraints and Best Practices”. The remarks focused on the importance of victim participation in universal jurisdiction proceedings and the role of the EU. The workshop… Read More

Over 70 UK MPs have raised serious concerns of the detention and torture of British national Jagtar Singh Johal following India’s lack of response to an urgent appeal from three high level United Nations experts to investigate the serious allegations of torture and as new details of his alleged torture emerged for… Read More

The Intelligence and Security Committee’s report, released today, has revealed shocking new details of UK complicity in torture and rendition, with UK agencies far more deeply and systemically involved in the US torture and rendition programme than had previously been publicly known. However, these revelations only expose the tip of… Read More

REDRESS and other NGOs have issued a joint letter calling on the European Commission to formally investigate Italy to determine whether Italy breached EU law by allowing a suspected Syrian war criminal, Ali Mamluk, to visit the country earlier this year. Ali Mamluk, Head of Syria’s National Security Bureau, is… Read More

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, REDRESS is launching a free online training course that seeks to increase access to justice for migrants who have survived torture. In 2017, a record high of 25 million people fled their countries to escape conflict and… Read More