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
Today marks the 17th anniversary of Mustafa Al-Hawsawi’s detention in Pakistan and handover to US forces, which subjected him to torture and held him in secret detention as part of a CIA programme which operated several ‘black sites’ in Europe. Detailed analysis of publicly available evidence on the CIA programme… Read More
REDRESS and four other human rights organisations have submitted their arguments on behalf of Mariam Yahia Ibraheem and her family in a complaint against Sudan pending before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Mariam, a devout Christian, was sentenced to death for apostasy and corporal punishment of 100… Read More
S.L. (a pseudonym given to her to protect her identity) is a UK national who, whilst being held in prison in Venezuela, died on 13 March 2001 following a lack of medical care for her diabetic condition. S.L.’S STORY On 8 August 2000, S.L. was sentenced to prison in Venezuela. Read More
