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A Public Inquiry which investigated claims of unlawful killings and mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by British troops after a battle in Iraq in 2004 has concluded that prisoners were subjected to ill-treatment and that Ministry of Defense rules and Geneva Convention provisions were breached; including the use of proscribed interrogation… Read More

The US Senate Intelligence Committee report makes it now clear beyond dispute that the USA repeatedly breached its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture, and therefore, it must now remedy what went wrong. The USA is obliged to properly investigate all the incidents of torture and to hold all… Read More

lire en arabe REDRESS and Fair Trials welcome a recent decision by INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization) to delete from its files an international wanted persons alert (‘Red Notice’) against Mr Djamel Ktiti, a French national, due to human rights concerns. The decision was made… Read More

On 3 December, the ICC Trial Chamber rejected the Prosecutor’s request for a further adjournment in the case against Uhuru Kenyatta, current President of Kenya, who is accused of committing crimes against humanity, following the disputed 2007 presidential elections. The Trial Chamber directed the Prosecution to indicate, within one week,… Read More

The United Nations’ Human Rights Committee has found Nepalese authorities responsible for the disappearance of eight youths from Bardiya District; and called for criminal prosecution of the perpetrators. Dhaniram Tharu, Soniram Tharu, Radhulal Tharu, Prem Prakash Tharu, Kamala Tharu, Mohan Tharu, Lauti Tharu and Chillu Tharu – aged between 14… Read More

Today, the ICC Appeals Chamber upheld Thomas Lubanga’s conviction and 14-year jail sentence. Four out of five judges found no reason to interfere with the Trial Chamber’s historic decision of 14 March 2012, which convicted Lubanga of the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under 15 into his armed… Read More

Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AFN), the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), REDRESS and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) made a stakeholder submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal taking place on 4 November 2015. The submission details the continued impunity for serious human rights violations committed during the armed conflict… Read More

One of the main UN bodies that monitor States’ compliance with their human rights obligations has found the Uzbek Government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, a well-known human rights defender. Ms Tadjibayevawas incarcerated for her human rights activities in 2005-2008 and has been living in exile… Read More