Publications

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.

This report provides information on REDRESS's activities from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, including a review of our impact and activities, governance and management, a financial review, an Independent Auditors Report, with their opinion on the accounts of the charity for the financial year, and a Statement of Financial activities, with a detailed review of our finances for the year.

This Q&A addresses the disinformation surrounding the International Criminal Court proceedings in the case of Rodrigo Duterte and clarifies key aspects related to the Court’s jurisdiction, his arrest, concerns about victims’ safety, and other relevant issues. It seeks to ensure victims have access to accurate information, enabling them to make informed decisions about their engagement and participation. Some of the questions discussed remain under consideration by ICC judges. This Q&A does not intend to speculate or make legal arguments regarding these matters, but rather to explain what the issues are.

As of July 2025, the UK has sanctioned 364 individuals, entities, and ships in response to the Russia–Ukraine conflict — accounting for 86% of all UK designations this year and already surpassing the total number imposed in 2024. This briefing outlines the key highlights in the UK’s sanctions policy on Russia and Ukraine and analyses significant developments. It also includes an Annex listing all sanctions designations addressing the conflict made in 2025, as of July.

This policy paper addresses this critical issue and aims to provide a series of legally grounded and practically oriented recommendations to State actors based on the application of the international anti-torture framework, a powerful yet underutilised tool for prevention, protection and redress. It also draws on other relevant human rights instruments notably the Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests (2024) (hereinafter “the Model Protocol”), as a key tool that provides States with practical guidance on ensuring human rights compliance in the facilitation of protests. The policy paper outlines essential measures that States should adopt, supported by concrete, country-specific examples of good practice. It has been drafted under the guidance of the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) Working Group on Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in the Context of Protests and Other Assemblies, composed of a global and multidisciplinary group of representatives from international expert bodies and civil society organisations.

After reconvening in 2024, the Victims’ Rights Working Group (VRWG) prioritised engagement with the ICC’s revision of its outdated Victims Strategy. This position paper from the VRWG Secretariat highlights key gaps in the Court’s current approach—including limited early outreach, increasingly restrictive jurisprudence, and inequitable legal aid—and offers concrete recommendations to centre victims’ rights. Published ahead of the ICC Victims Strategy Seminar in July 2025, the paper urges the Court and States Parties to ensure meaningful victim participation in the revised strategy and beyond.