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REDRESS welcomes the UK’s decision to prosecute a Nepali colonel suspected of torturing two men in Nepal in 2005, during the decade-long civil war. He was arrested in East Sussex last week and subsequently charged. Colonel Kumar Lama is facing trial in the UK under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Read More

A victim of multiple rapes by Nepali soldiers today filed a landmark case with the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The case has been brought by Purna Maya (name changed to protect her privacy), after she failed to achieve justice in Nepal. She is represented by Advocacy Forum and REDRESS. Read More

Today, in a major setback for victims of the Bogoro massacre in Ituri, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Criminal Court acquitted one of the alleged masterminds behind the attack, for lack of sufficient evidence. The Prosecutor alleged that Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was the former commander of the Lendu… Read More

In a landmark judgment, Europe’s highest human rights court today held Macedonia responsible for its involvement in the secret detention, rendition and torture of a German citizen by the US Central Intelligence Agency. It is the first time that the Court has addressed a European country’s involvement in the CIA… Read More

Monday 10th December will be celebrated worldwide as International Humans Rights Day, marking the 64th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day also coincides with the 20th Anniversary REDRESS, the British-based international NGO with a mandate to seek justice and reparation for torture survivors. Read More

Advocacy Forum and REDRESS today called on Nepalese legislators to tackle impunity for serious human rights abuses head-on by reforming the laws that allow it to continue. Read More

The Committee against Torture, a respected body of experts monitoring implementation of the Convention against Torture, has said that there are well-founded indications that torture is being systematically practiced in Nepal. After six years of consideration, the Committee has published a highly critical report concluding that “the authorities not only… Read More

States have been told they must take significant and positive steps to ensure that victims of torture and ill-treatment obtain redress for the harm they have suffered. The Committee Against Torture, the UN body tasked with interpretation of the Convention against Torture, today issued a key document explaining States’ obligations… Read More