The US Senate Intelligence Committee report makes it now clear beyond dispute that the USA repeatedly breached its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture, and therefore, it must now remedy what went wrong. The USA is obliged to properly investigate all the incidents of torture and to hold all… Read More
lire en arabe REDRESS and Fair Trials welcome a recent decision by INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization) to delete from its files an international wanted persons alert (‘Red Notice’) against Mr Djamel Ktiti, a French national, due to human rights concerns. The decision was made… Read More
On 3 December, the ICC Trial Chamber rejected the Prosecutor’s request for a further adjournment in the case against Uhuru Kenyatta, current President of Kenya, who is accused of committing crimes against humanity, following the disputed 2007 presidential elections. The Trial Chamber directed the Prosecution to indicate, within one week,… Read More
The United Nations’ Human Rights Committee has found Nepalese authorities responsible for the disappearance of eight youths from Bardiya District; and called for criminal prosecution of the perpetrators. Dhaniram Tharu, Soniram Tharu, Radhulal Tharu, Prem Prakash Tharu, Kamala Tharu, Mohan Tharu, Lauti Tharu and Chillu Tharu – aged between 14… Read More
Today, the ICC Appeals Chamber upheld Thomas Lubanga’s conviction and 14-year jail sentence. Four out of five judges found no reason to interfere with the Trial Chamber’s historic decision of 14 March 2012, which convicted Lubanga of the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under 15 into his armed… Read More
In this letter, REDRESS and five other human rights organisations urge Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, to extend the Article 52 inquiry into member states’ involvement in the CIA programme of secret rendition, detention and interrogation. States were asked to provide further information to the inquiry by the… Read More
The Victims’ Rights Working Group – a broad coalition of NGOs and experts informally facilitated by REDRESS – made these recommendations to the 14th Assembly of States Parties that took place from 18-26 November 2015 in The Hague. … Read More
Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AFN), the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), REDRESS and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) made a stakeholder submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal taking place on 4 November 2015. The submission details the continued impunity for serious human rights violations committed during the armed conflict… Read More