Publications

The Victims' Rights Working Group - a network of civil society groups and experts informally facilitated by REDRESS - has issued this paper highlighting the group’s views on the system of victim participation before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The paper will be used as an advocacy tool with both the Court and States Parties and was presented at the informal consultations of the Hague Working Group on victims, affected communities and the Trust Fund for Victims that were held on 17 June 2014 at the ICC.

REDRESS and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) have brought to the attention of the UN Human Rights Committee the "serious, ongoing human rights crisis" in Sudan, marked by widespread and ongoing human rights violations. In a report submitted to the Committee, which will be reviewing Sudan's human rights record on 8 and 9 July 2014, the organisations document the continued use of stoning, amputation and whipping in Sudan in violation of Sudan’s human rights obligations. They also draw attention to the killings and torture of hundreds of students, activists, journalists and human rights defenders by the intelligence and security forces, and the gross violations being carried out in armed conflicts in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.  

REDRESS, FIDH, TRIAL, ECCHR, AI and HRW have sent a letter to the EU national contact points on international crimes ahead of the 16th meeting of the European Network of contact points, taking place in The Hague on 21 and 22 May 2014, in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes regarding the planned discussion on the investigation and prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence as crimes under international law. Our  organisations take this opportunity to draw practitioners’ attention to the common obstacles and challenges faced in efforts to combat impunity for sexual and gender-base crimes.

REDRESS and SIHA (Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa) have submitted these comments to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 's Draft Recommendation on Women's Access to Justice.

REDRESS presented these observations to the Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court's Draft Strategic Plan 2014-2017 as part of a public consulation by its Secretariat. REDRESS' comments relate only to some of the fundamental aspects of the Strategic Plan, focusing on the regulatory framework, its mission, goals (and related programme strategies) and its core values.

In this submission, REDRESS requests the inclusion of one issue in the List of Issues Prior to Reporting on Poland: the involvement of Polish authorities in the United States’ Rendition, Detention and Interrogation Programme from 2002 and 2005, and the State party’s continued failure to effectively investigate those allegations, disclose the truth about violations, and provide redress to victims.

This joint report by REDRESS and human rights groups Amnesty International, Human Rights Monitoring Institute, INTERIGHTS and Reprieve is based on research, investigations, advocacy and litigation in relation to: the United States Central Intelligence Agency's programme of extraordinary rendition, secret detention and interrogation of detainees suspected of terrorism (RDI Programme) and the alleged involvement and complicity of other States, including Lithuania, which are suspected of having facilitated and participated in the programme.  

Our annual report for 2014 provides an overview of the work that REDRESS undertook from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.