Today’s judgment against ex Chadian dictator Hissène Habré (convicted for crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes committed during his period as President, from 1982-1990) is a landmark and should be celebrated. His victims fought tirelessly for 16 years to see him convicted for the horrible crimes he committed and… Read More
lire en arabe EU: Use National Courts to Fight Impunity EU Day Against Impunity Highlights Progress, Challenges (The Hague, May 19, 2016) – The European Union and its member states should make a commitment to further enhance national prosecutions of crimes under international law and human… Read More
lire en arabe New Government Should Quickly Establish Special Court 21 Central African and international human rights organizations issued a statement today calling on the new president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to make justice for grave international crimes a top priority… Read More
REDRESS has authored a joint submission with the Coalition Ivoiriènne pour la Cour Pénale Internationale (CI-CPI) and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor (OTP) on its new draft policy on how to select and prioritise cases. The submission calls on the OTP to ensure… Read More
Our annual report for 2016 provides an overview of the work that REDRESS undertook from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. Read More
REDRESS and the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) made this submission as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lithuania, which was held in November 2016. This submission focuses on concerns regarding the lack of follow up following the country‘s last UPR in 2011 in relation to Lithuania‘s complicity… Read More
On 21 March 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its judgement in the case of former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba was convicted of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging). He will be the first military… Read More
Namibia is in the process of reviewing its criminal law framework with a view to incorporating the crime of torture in its domestic legislation in accordance with its international obligations. The “Prevention and Combating Torture bill”, which will address this issue, is currently pending in Namibia. In this report, REDRESS provides… Read More