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A new handbook launches today, on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to support journalists who report on torture. The ‘Reporting on Torture’ handbook provides accurate, up-to-date information and guidance in four languages (English, Arabic, Spanish and Nepalese) to help journalists cover the subject in… Read More

In a strong opinion released on 26 May, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has ordered Iran to immediately release and provide compensation to Kurdish women’s human rights defender Zeinab Jalalian – believed to be the only female political prisoner currently sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran. Read More

Today’s judgment against ex Chadian dictator Hissène Habré (convicted for crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes committed during his period as President, from 1982-1990) is a landmark and should be celebrated. His victims fought tirelessly for 16 years to see him convicted for the horrible crimes he committed and… Read More

lire en arabe EU: Use National Courts to Fight Impunity EU Day Against Impunity Highlights Progress, Challenges (The Hague, May 19, 2016) – The European Union and its member states should make a commitment to further enhance national prosecutions of crimes under international law and human… Read More

lire en arabe New Government Should Quickly Establish Special Court 21 Central African and international human rights organizations issued a statement today calling on the new president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to make justice for grave international crimes a top priority… Read More

On 21 March 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its judgement in the case of former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba was convicted of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging). He will be the first military… Read More

Civil society organisations TRIAL, REDRESS and Advocacy Forum launch a joint campaign to demand justice for victims of international crimes in Nepal. For one year, partner NGOs TRIAL, REDRESS and Advocacy Forum will give the floor to the victims’ stories, highlighting their long – and on-going – fight… Read More

Today, the anti-torture organisation REDRESS, through attorney Ingrida Botyriené, filed an appeal of the Lithuanian General Prosecutor’s continued refusal to grant Mustafa al-Hawsawi victim status so that he can participate in the ongoing investigation regarding aspects of the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation programme in Lithuania. In September 2013, REDRESS… Read More