REDRESS is co-hosting a panel event with the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and FairSquare on the fringe of the Labour conference discussing how a Labour Government can ensure the safe return of British Nationals arbitrarily detained abroad.
This online event will acknowledge the importance of the UN Convention Against Torture in the global fight against torture and other ill-treatment, and shed light on challenges and abuses observed in the context of the policing of protests. It will identify key actions to curb the unyielding repression of protests by bringing together survivors, activists, experts, and representatives of civil society organisations.
Read the report A new report from REDRESS and the Clooney Foundation for Justice, “Global Britain, Global Justice”, examines how the UK has faltered in its historical commitment to international justice due to a myriad of legal, practical and political challenges that have… Read More
WATCH THE RECORDING On 21 September, the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and REDRESS held a discussion on the behind-the-scenes story of what it took to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home at Hogan Lovells. After six years trapped in Iran, Nazanin was finally freed and reunited with… Read More
St James’s Church, Piccadilly 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL Time: 3 pm Register free on Eventbrite An inter-faith service will be held at St James’s Church Piccadilly in London to commemorate 26 June with a service of solidarity in support of victims and survivors of torture. The… Read More
CTI, REDRESS and the Commonwealth Secretariat release report on Online Workshop for Commonwealth Caribbean Countries on UNCAT Ratification, Legislative Reform and Reporting
On 1-3 December, nine Caribbean countries, involving 23 government representatives, took part in an online workshop organised by the Convention against Torture Initiative, REDRESS and the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted by the Governments of Chile and Grenada. The workshop was designed to support Caribbean governments to ratify, implement and report under the UN Convention against Torture and focused specifically on drafting cogent legal provisions for the criminalisation, prosecution and prevention of acts of torture and other ill-treatment.
17 NOVEMBER 2020, 1 PM – 2 PM (GMT) Simultaneous translation: French, English, Arabic. Register here Join a conversation on transitional justice in Sudan on a side event on the margins of the 67th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The 2018… Read More