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Français Español العربية Reliable sources indicate that the United States (US) plans to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution in the coming weeks. This follows a series of designations, first against the ICC Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutors,… Read More

READ THE REPORT By Dianne Magbanua, REDRESS’ Communication Officer As world leaders gather for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), attention turns to the High-Level Week, starting today, 22 September. At its centre is the General Debate—a platform where… Read More

The UN body of experts that monitors implementation of the main global treaty on women’s rights has called on Belarus to take urgent measures to protect the rights and well-being of political prisoner Victoria Kulsha. On 25 August 2025, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called… Read More

Read the full letter (English and Persian) Today, 22 human rights organisations and 13 individuals, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, have called, in an open letter, on Iran to provide life-saving medical treatment to  Zeinab Jalalian, the country’s longest-serving female political prisoner. Zeinab Jalalian,… Read More

On 8 September 2025, widespread protests erupted across Nepal, marking the most significant unrest in decades. The demonstrations were primarily youth-led, dubbed the ‘Gen Z’ movement, and included children among the participants. Demonstrators took to the streets in response to the government’s ban on 26 major social media platforms, including… Read More

This is the seventh blog in a series featuring legal representatives and experts in the field of strategic litigation against torture, discussing the strategic impact of cases catalogued in Casebook 1. In this blog post, Kiri Van Lengen-Welty, Interim Lead Lawyer of the Africa Death Penalty Team at Reprieve,… Read More

READ THE REPORT Sri Lanka has systematically shielded the killers of journalists over a quarter of a century, says a new report focusing on the failures of the police investigation into the October 2000 assassination of BBC Jaffna reporter, Nimalarajan Mylvaganam. At least 44 journalists and media… Read More

READ THE PRESS RELEASE IN ENGLISH   LEA EL INFORME Desnudez forzada, violación, requisas invasivas, acoso sexual, tocamientos inapropiados, violaciones anales y vaginales con objetos, insultos sexistas y homofóbicos: estos no son hechos aislados, sino parte de un patrón creciente y alarmante en América Latina. Read More