Publications

A joint statement by United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) - REDRESS, FIACAT, APT, IRCT, OMCT, Omega Research Foundation - together with AFIA MAMA and our partners from Congolese civil society, delivered to the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In October 2000, BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was assassinated in his home in Jaffna, one of the earliest targeted killings of a Tamil journalist during Sri Lanka’s civil war. His murder became a symbol of the deadly cost of reporting amid ethnic conflict and state-sponsored violence, and of the entrenched climate of impunity that has silenced dozens of journalists. Between 2000 and 2010, at least 44 media workers were killed in Sri Lanka—yet not a single perpetrator has ever been brought to justice.

This joint report by REDRESS and the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) offers a forensic examination of the Sri Lankan justice system’s handling of Nimalarajan’s case. Drawing on two decades of court records, it exposes how investigative failures, political interference, and deliberate inaction ensured that accountability was never possible. While some suspects were detained, politically connected figures evaded justice and even fled abroad. Today, the case remains unresolved, with international efforts stalled by Sri Lanka’s lack of cooperation. The report underscores both the systemic failures that protected perpetrators and the urgent need for renewed action to secure justice for Nimalarajan and other murdered journalists.

This report published by REDRESS, the Academy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), and the Latin American Network for Gender-Based Strategic Litigation (ReLeG), exposes how sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has been systematically used as a tool of political and social repression in protests across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela. The first study of its kind in the region, it highlights how SGBV is deliberately weaponised against women, LGBTIQ+ individuals, and other marginalised groups, coinciding with broader state efforts to shrink civic space through criminalisation of protesters, mass arrests, and impunity for security forces. Survivors often face silence due to fear, stigma, and lack of justice, perpetuating a cycle of violence that demands urgent accountability.    

This briefing covers the UK Supreme Court’s landmark 29 July 2025 ruling in Shvidler and Dalston Projects, which upheld the legality of the UK’s sanctions regime and clarified how proportionality and human rights claims should be assessed. The Court confirmed that sanctions targeting associates of sanctioned individuals are lawful, proportionate, and necessary to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, reinforcing the UK’s use of economic restrictions as a foreign policy tool.

This briefing paper outlines the concept of universal jurisdiction, identifies gaps in the UK’s legal framework that hinder its effective use, and makes recommendations to address them through targeted amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 to ensure accountability for the most serious international crimes.

This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the United States’ (US), United Kingdom’s (UK), European Union’s (EU), Canada’s, and Australia’s use of their targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programmes from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025.

This factsheet was prepared by REDRESS and Center for the Development of People (CEDEP) ahead of the 50th Universal Periodic Review pre-session. It discusses the widespread torture and ill-treatment of LGBTIQ+ persons in Malawi, driven by discriminatory laws, stigma, and systemic neglect. It also highlights gaps in legal protection, impunity for perpetrators, and denial of justice for victims, and offers key recommendations ahead of Malawi’s upcoming UPR to end violence and discrimination.

In March 2022, Roman Abramovich pledged to sell Chelsea Football Club and donate the £2.5 billion in proceeds to support victims of the war in Ukraine, shortly before he was subjected to UK sanctions for his close connections with Putin’s regime. To date, the funds, still in Abramovich’s name, remain frozen in a UK bank account. This briefing gives on update on the delay and how the UK government can use the Chelsea funds to support reparation for survivors.