Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2020: Terrorism and International Crimes: Prosecuting atrocities for what they are (UJAR) salutes the rise of universal jurisdiction cases worldwide. It also highlights an alarming legal trend: the prosecution of mass atrocities as terrorism, and not international crimes. The Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review is TRIAL… Read More
>> Read our op-ed in the Huffington Post >> Donate to our Crowdfunding Campaign ‘Help Bring Nazanin Home’ Since a secret and unfair trial under unspecified charges in 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been kept in a notorious prison in Iran under inhumane conditions. Today, Nazanin will spend… Read More
Today the UK government published legislation which would create a presumption against prosecution for any acts of torture undertaken by UK armed forces personnel which took place more than five years ago. Amnesty International UK, Freedom From Torture, Liberty, REDRESS, the Rendition Project, Reprieve, and Rights Watch UK, issued the… Read More
In this Briefing Note REDRESS highlights that the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill risks creating impunity for serious offences including torture, and thus will result in the UK being in breach of its international treaty obligations. Victims of human rights violations committed by UK armed forces abroad may… Read More
Today, four international human rights organisations – the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), REDRESS and Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice – submitted observations to a panel of judges at the International Criminal Court on the Court’s competence to investigate war crimes and crimes against… Read More
متوفر باللغة العربية Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed the previous decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I which found that the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is admissible before the Court. Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and REDRESS welcome the judgment on the admissibility… Read More
Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed the previous decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I which found that the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is admissible before the Court. Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and REDRESS welcome the judgment on the admissibility challenge brought by Gaddafi… Read More
In the light of reports of a possible outbreak of coronavirus in Evin Prison, and fears that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may have contracted the virus, REDRESS reiterates Iran’s legal obligations to provide Nazanin and all other detainees with appropriate and timely medical treatment. Iranian law states that medical treatment is… Read More
