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The UK Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has today released its report No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran, following its inquiry into the topic. The report finds that the UK government’s current approach to consular disputes is “clearly not working,” and calls for a review of the… Read More

Register here 16 December, 4-6 PM (CET) Languages: English and Spanish. Join us for an important discussion on the impact of the UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to Remedy and Reparations for Victims of Gross Violations of International Humanitarian Law. As we celebrate their… Read More

On 1-3 December, nine Caribbean countries, involving 23 government representatives, took part in an online workshop organised by the Convention against Torture Initiative, REDRESS and the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted by the Governments of Chile and Grenada. The workshop was designed to support Caribbean governments to ratify, implement and report under the UN Convention against Torture and focused specifically on drafting cogent legal provisions for the criminalisation, prosecution and prevention of acts of torture and other ill-treatment. Read More

Register here 15 December, 1-2:15 PM (GMT) | 4-5:15 PM (ETA) Join us for a conversation commemorating the 10th anniversary of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPED) coming to force. To this day, 98 States have signed the ICPED, and… Read More

Today, the High Court in Nairobi issued a landmark judgment finding the Kenyan government responsible for failure to protect, investigate and prosecute the post-election sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that took place in Kenya in 2007-2008. The court awarded 4 million KSH in reparations in favor of each of the… Read More

The ICC Prosecutor’s decision to close a preliminary examination into alleged war crimes committed by British personnel during British military operations in Iraq, announced today, highlights the need for the UK to continue pursuing accountability domestically for the alleged crimes in the light of the extent and gravity… Read More

REDRESS and 14 other organisations have signed a joint statement welcoming the EU’s adoption of a new global human rights (Magnitsky) sanctions regime and calling for corruption or corrupt practices linked to the financing of human rights violations to be added as listing… Read More

متوفر باللغة العربية The Sudanese transitional government must show its commitment to breaking with a decades-long legacy of systemic human rights violations by ratifying the two main international human rights treaties that ban torture and enforced disappearances. In a letter to the Sudanese transitional government, over 20… Read More