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REDRESS welcomes today’s decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber on reparations to victims of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga), settling the question of Lubanga’s liability for US$10 million for reparations for victims in the case. Lubanga, former leader of the Union des PatriotesCongolais/Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du… Read More

Eight UN human rights experts have expressed their serious concern about Iran’s denial of much needed medical treatments to detainees, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. They say it appears to be a “consistent pattern”, referencing the cases of Arash Sadeghi, Ahmadreza Djalali, Kamran Ghaderi, Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, some of whom… Read More

For more than three years Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been arbitrarily detained in Iran, separated from her now five-year-old daughter Gabriella and her husband Richard, who lives in London. Nazanin and Richard recently underwent a two-week hunger strike to call once again for her release. More needs to be done to… Read More

REDRESS is an international human rights organisation based in London and The Hague that represents victims of torture to obtain justice and reparation. We bring legal cases on behalf of individual victims of torture, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Our cases respond to torture as an… Read More

Purna Maya (name changed to protect her privacy) is a Nepalese woman who was raped by four soldiers in 2004 during Nepal’s internal armed conflict. She suffered grave physical injuries as well as severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. PURNA MAYA’S STORY Purna Maya ran a tea shop.  Over a… Read More

Today REDRESS is joining survivors and human rights organisations from across the globe to mark the United Nation’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. On this day, we express our solidarity with, and support for, the hundreds of thousands of victims of torture and their family members throughout… Read More

REDRESS is seeking applications from excellent graduates, postgraduates and individuals in the early stages of their careers with a strong background in international human rights law to contribute to its work in The Hague. We seek to provide REDRESS interns with the experience of working in an NGO, and so… Read More

The UK Supreme Court is today and tomorrow hearing an appeal in the case of R v Agnes Reeves Taylor. Ms Taylor is charged with seven counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture, allegedly committed during the first Liberian Civil War in 1990. Redress is participating… Read More