By Claire Moore, REDRESS Fellow and National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Kenya In Kenya, LGBTIQ+ persons continue to face violence, discrimination and significant barriers to accessing justice. The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHR) has been working for more than a decade… Read More
REDRESS, Route Justice, TRIAL International, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) have submitted third-party interventions to the European Court of Human Rights in two cases challenging Italy’s failure to surrender Osama Elmasry Njeem to the International Criminal Court (ICC). While REDRESS, Route Justice, and… Read More
This briefing from the Victims’ Rights Working Group (VRWG) provides recommendations to improve victim participation accessibility, and survivor engagement at future ICC hearings. Read More
Two survivors of torture, whose identities are withheld for their protection, filed a complaint against Italy to the European Court of Human Rights for its failure to execute an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for one of their torturers, Osama Elmasry Njeem (Mr. Read More
Recent injuries during student protests in France in October 2026 have renewed questions about the weapons and level of force that police use against demonstrators. Organisations have reported the use of tear gas, stun grenades and other force against students protesting over education conditions across the… Read More
The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) welcomes the approval by the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of the Plurinational State of Bolivia of the draft Comprehensive Law on the Prevention, Investigation, Punishment and Reparation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This decision marks an… Read More
Ukrainian national Igor Sirenko (Mr Sirenko) was assaulted by police during a violent dispersal of peaceful protesters and unlawfully detained following demonstrations in Kyiv in November 2013. CASE BACKGROUND On 30 November 2013, Mr Sirenko was attending a peaceful, round-the-clock vigil in Kyiv. At approximately 4 a.m., officers surrounded and assaulted the protestors, including Mr Sirenko. Read More
Por Hannah Bottarel, becaria legal en REDRESS y de Consultora Solidaria Read in English Para las familias de las personas desaparecidas en México, la búsqueda de sus seres… Read More