REDRESS and Victims Rights Working Group (VRWG) members across the world are celebrating International Justice Day this 17 July, commemorating the adoption of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998. The ICC is important to victims as the first permanent and independent international justice institution tasked with ending… Read More
REDRESS and the VRWG co-authored a report on selected issues regarding the implementation of the Rome statute with regards to the ICC.
‘If we do not adhere to the fundamental principle of the absolute prohibition of torture, then our very morals and values are threatened.’ Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, PhD, FInstP REDRESS is delighted to welcome its new Chair, Sir Emyr Jones Parry. As a British diplomat, former British Permanent Representative… Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to assist torture survivors to obtain justice, today stands in solidarity with the many survivors of torture around the world who say – ‘enough is enough’ – it is time to root out torture once and for all. 26 June 2007… Read More
“The International Criminal Court’s first prosecution focuses on recruiting or using children under fifteen in hostilities. This narrow focus poses numerous challenges for the Court as well as victims”, says REDRESS in a new Report released today. The Report, “Victims, perpetrators or heroes? Child soldiers before the International Criminal Court”… Read More