Final Evaluation of the Project: Protecting Human Rights in Sudan through Inclusive civil society-led legal reform Location: Remote – Fee: €7,500 Term: Final report submitted no later than 30 August, 2024 Deadline for applications: 30 June 2024 REDRESS… Read More
By Caitlan Lloyd (Legal Officer) Today marks one year since the outbreak of deadly armed conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has caused unprecedented devastation, marred by serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law… Read More
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a landmark resolution establishing an independent international fact-finding mission for Sudan. This follows a call from 120 Sudanese and international CSOs, including REDRESS, that an independent mechanism was urgently needed to undertake a… Read More
READ THE REPORT ملخص التقرير باللغة العربية As atrocities continue to be committed daily in Sudan, and with mounting evidence implicating both warring sides in serious human rights abuses, a new REDRESS report calls on the international community to hold perpetrators accountable, to… Read More
Safia Ishaq Mohammed Issa was arbitrarily arrested and detained, beaten and gang raped by Sudanese State agents in 2011 after participating in pro-democracy youth rallies as a student in Khartoum, Sudan. Safia’s case highlights continued concerns of arbitrary arrests and sexual and gender-based violence (“SGBV”) against women, protestors, and… Read More
In an emblematic decision, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“African Commission”) has recently found Sudan responsible for the arbitrary arrest, detention, and torture by Sudanese security forces of two human rights defenders, Dr. Amin Mekki Medani and Mr. Farouq Abu Eissa. … Read More
This is a joint CSO letter dated 10 July 2023 to the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations ahead of the semi-annual briefing by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the United Nations Security Council, urging the UK to lead the way in ensuring… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. Government against four entities for their involvement in the ongoing violence in Sudan, three of which REDRESS had previously recommended be designated. In February 2022, REDRESS made a submission to the U.S. calling for targeted sanctions against… Read More