For the first time in its history, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which decides on complaints of human rights violations in the Americas, will hold tomorrow an oral hearing in a landmark case concerning allegations of torture committed by police officers against a gay Peruvian because of his sexual… Read More
In a statement during an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 28 November 2016, REDRESS Director Carla Ferstman reiterated the crucial role of the WGAD several REDRESS’ cases involving arbitrary detention, including the cases of Zeinab Jalalian, Andargachew “Andy” Tsege and Nazanin… Read More
With the International Criminal Court (ICC) conducting its first reparations proceedings in four separate cases, the Victims’ Rights Working Group’s participation in the 15th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) focused on how to best give full effect to the rights of victims as enshrined in the Rome… Read More
Ce rapport étudie la pratique suivie par la CPI jusqu’à présent et analyse les principaux défis relatifs à la construction d’un système de réparation qui respecte les droits des victimes tout en tenant compte des ressources limitées et autres contraintes rencontrées par la Cour.
This manual seeks to assist those working to fight torture and to support victims through litigation in six countries in East Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. This region boasts a vibrant and active civil society that has advocated for the introduction of specific anti-torture legislation to create… Read More
These recommendations, published with the research support of the Open Society Foundations human rights program, reflect the key challenges that the International Criminal Court faces in designing an efficient and predictable reparation system that respects victims’ rights, including the lack of overarching guidelines applying consistently across the different Trial and Appeal… Read More
This manual focuses on four case studies in the Middle East and North Africa region – Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia – to analyse how torture and ill-treatment can and have been litigated, and how barriers to justice have been dealt with locally and internationally. The manual also draws out some… Read More
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Iran to immediately release and compensate Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a dual British-Iranian national held in Iran since 3 April 2016. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe visited her family in Tehran in March 2016, with her two-year-old daughter Gabriella. Iranian authorities arrested… Read More