Solidarity

We support and strengthen the anti-torture movement

For more than 30 years, REDRESS has worked with anti-torture civil society organisations across the world. We ensure that these relationships are effective and collaborative partnerships, and that both REDRESS and our partners are strengthened by the process.  

Our Solidarity programme seeks to enhance a global community of practice that works to advance cases against torture. This work includes engaging the anti-torture movement through networks, building its resilience, encouraging mutual exchange of experiences, promoting the use of holistic strategic litigation as a effective tool against torture through training and mentoring, encouraging our volunteers, and engaging with academic experts and others. 

REDRES supports the anti-torture movement through activities and providing support to survivors, civil society organisations, lawyers, human rights defenders, activists and journalists around the world seeking justice and reparation for survivors. 

REDRESS supports the anti-torture movement through: 

• Communities of Practice: We understand the community of practice as a group of organisations, practitioners, activists, and survivors that aim to share exchange expertise and experiences and share the common interest in deliver campaigns with the objective of strength the anti-torture movement. The communities of practice are intended to share and learn from practical experiences to reach individual and common objectives. REDRESS is promoting several communities of practice according to its areas of work and expertise, including on reparation, universal jurisdiction, LGBTIQ+, and sanctions.
• Networks. REDRESS work towards supporting and strengthening the antitorture movement in collaboration with partners through networks, including the Victims’ Rights Working Group, the Pan-African Reparations Initiative, and the Universal Jurisdiction Advocacy Group.  
• Litigation Workshops. We deliver in-person and online workshops with our partners on Holistic Strategic Litigation against Torture, brainstorming and mentoring individual cases.
• Practice Notes. These offer practical guidance on key elements of holistic strategic litigation against torture as well as examples of REDRESS’ practice. We consult our partners in the process of drafting these documents and ask regularly feedback for the development of future practice notes.
• Holistic Strategic Modules and Power Point Presentations. A set of materials for lawyers and practitioners delivering workshops on key issues relevant to strategic litigation against torture with pre-designed PowerPoint presentations. 
• Newsletter: Our regular roundup of news on reparation curated by the REDRESS legal team, keeping you up to date with the latest developments on reparation for torture and other human rights violations, including judgments, implementation of decisions, reports, and other news. To read previous editions and to sign up, visit this page.
• Videos: Introductory videos offering explaining key concepts of holistic strategic litigation against torture in a visual way. 
• Webinars: Recordings of our past webinars delivered together with partners and survivor’s organisations.