REDRESS currently has over one hundred active cases in more than 40 countries encompassing all regions of the world. Given the sensitivity of the information, we are only able to highlight information which is in the public domain.
THE CASE Hissène Habré, former president of Chad, presided over a reign of terror in Chad from 1982 to 1990, during which time widespread human rights violations were committed, including enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detentions, and sexual violence. On 22 August 2012 Senegal and the African Union…
REDRESS intervened in the case regarding Egyptian General Hegazy and the question of "special mission immunity".
This case relates to human rights violations committed by the former Government of Sudan, arising from hostilities in South Kordofan and Blue Nile in 2011 and involving the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied forces, as well as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North. THE STORY In this case, we alleged that in 2011, the SAF and allied militia groups under the then-Government…
News: On 8 June 2018 Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was acquitted by the ICC Appeals Chamber. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was the President and Commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (Movement for the Liberation of Congo) (MLC). He was found guilty, on 21 March 2016, of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and…
Azul is a transgender Peruvian, who, whilst living as a gay man, was arbitrarily arrested by police officers in 2008, then raped, beaten and verbally abused due to his sexual orientation.
Necati is a Turkish-British national who was tortured in detention in Greece in 2001 because of his sexual orientation. NECATI’S STORY In May 2001, Necati boarded a boat from Istanbul to Italy with over one hundred other migrants. The boat was intercepted by the Greek coastguard and towed to the…
