REDRESS has sent a briefing to United Nations human rights experts highlighting the risk that a second case may be used by Iran to block the release of British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at the end of her sentence on 7th March 2021. … Read More
This submission was prepared jointly by REDRESS and Hogan Lovells in response to the call for evidence of the Independent Human Rights Act Review published 13 January 2021. The principal aim of this submission is to share an understanding of how the Human Rights Act 1998 has, through its… Read More
In this Bulletin, we draw attention to the plight of British citizens detained abroad, such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Jagtar Singh Johal. We also present our new five programmes – Justice, Reparation, Dissent, Discrimination and Solidarity – areas that align with our historical achievements and build on REDRESS’s established strengths. Read More
Read the Policy Briefing متوفر باللغة العربية The Juba Peace Agreement and the 2019 Constitutional Document commit Sudan’s transitional government to making a series of critical human rights reforms. A set of legislative amendments in November 2019 and July 2020 addressed… Read More
The Juba Peace Agreement and the 2019 Constitutional Document commit Sudan’s transitional government to making a series of critical human rights reforms. A set of legislative amendments in November 2019 and July 2020 addressed key issues in Sudan, including female genital mutilation, cooperation with the International Criminal Court,… Read More
متوفر باللغة العربية REDRESS and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcome today’s historic news that Sudan’s Sovereign Council has approved the ratification of the two main international treaties banning torture and enforced disappearances. This development follows years of advocacy efforts by Sudanese… Read More
Today, the High Court of Kenya heard the final oral arguments in the case of a small businesswoman and mother of three from the United Arab Emirates. She claims that after apparently being mistaken to be an Al-Qaeda operative, she was forcibly disappeared and then rendered to Somalia and Ethiopia… Read More
Background In April 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran, following a holiday to visit family. She was travelling with her 22 month old daughter, Gabriella, and the two were separated upon her arrest. After spending four years in Iran’s Evin prison, in March 2020 Nazanin was placed under house… Read More
