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The trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which starts today in The Hague, presents the best prospect yet for victims of the brutal two-decade conflict in northern Uganda to have the terrible harm that they suffered acknowledged at last. Over 4,000 victims are… Read More

For the first time in its history, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which decides on complaints of human rights violations in the Americas, will hold tomorrow an oral hearing in a landmark case concerning allegations of torture committed by police officers against a gay Peruvian because of his sexual… Read More

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Iran to immediately release and compensate Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a dual British-Iranian national held in Iran since 3 April 2016. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe visited her family in Tehran in March 2016, with her two-year-old daughter Gabriella. Iranian authorities arrested… Read More

Today human rights organisation REDRESS officially started their operations in The Hague, the international city of peace and justice. REDRESS works to eradicate the practice of torture, prosecute torturers and ensure that survivors of torture obtain reparation for all the harm they suffered. The new organisation in The Hague will… Read More

Today, in the first English case in which a Court has been asked to make a specific finding on the role of customary international law with respect to a “special mission” visit to the UK, the Divisional Court ruled that customary international law requires States to secure, for the duration of a “special mission” visit, personal inviolability and immunity from criminal jurisdiction for the members of the “special mission”. Read More

lire en arabe Today’s reparation judgment against ex Chadian dictator Hissène Habré (convicted for crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes on 30 May 2016) represents a pivotal moment in his victims’ fight for justice, as reparation will help mend the terrible damage done to them… Read More

Tomorrow, 12 July, marks 100 days since British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari- Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran whilst on holiday. Nazanin has spent at least 45 of the past 100 days in solitary confinement. After her solitary confinement she could hardly walk; she suffered frequent blackouts, her hair started to fall… Read More

Vilnius Regional Court has issued its final rejection of REDRESS’ application for victim status for Mustafa al-Hawsawi in a pre-trial criminal investigation into CIA secret prisons (also known as black sites) in Lithuania. This status would have allowed Mr. al-Hawsawi to participate in the ongoing investigation, including to request access… Read More