In the run-up to next January’s general elections, human rights violations are increasing in Bangladesh. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment by the security forces are multiplying, so are cases of judicial harassment of political opponents and human rights defenders, as well as attacks on minority groups. Amid this worrying context,… Read More
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s “unnecessarily defensive culture” prevents the department from learning from past mistakes in addressing the mistreatment of British nationals detained abroad, concludes the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) in a critical follow-up report published today. The follow-up report comes… Read More
Deadline: 19th November 2023 at 23:59 GMT+1 REDRESS is inviting applications for financial… Read More
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
UK law allows for the prosecution of international crimes under a principle known as ‘universal jurisdiction’. Universal jurisdiction allows the courts of any country to hold trials for crimes that ‘shock the conscience’ – including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes – no matter where they occur. But legal… Read More
The European Court of Human Rights issued a long-awaited judgment, unanimously finding that Turkey failed to investigate the torture suffered by REDRESS client A.B. in May 2003, and awarding him 10,000 Euros in compensation. The Turkish Constitutional Court having already decided that the State’s investigation –… Read More
READ THE BRIEFING A new briefing paper by a coalition of international and Belarusian NGOs highlights the myriad of challenges that prevent survivors of torture and other human rights violations from pursuing justice inside and outside Belarus. On 8 February 2023, Belarus withdrew from the individual complaints’… 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