This report documents the proceedings of an expert conference organised by REDRESS and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 8 – 9 September 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa. This conference brought together practitioners, lawyers, prosecutors and civil society actors from a number of African countries to explore methods of strengthening… Read More
On 25 November 2015, REDRESS and partner organisations made a submission to the Secretariat of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region. The submission describes how far Uganda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have worked against sexual violence against women and girls and outlines areas for improvement. These… Read More
One of the main UN bodies that monitor States’ compliance with their human rights obligations has found the Uzbek Government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, a well-known human rights defender. Ms Tadjibayevawas incarcerated for her human rights activities in 2005-2008 and has been living in exile… Read More
REDRESS has worked with a number of expatriate women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some of whom have experienced discrimination and severe ill-treatment under the UAE legal system. Our submission to the 62nd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) addresses several areas of UAE’s… Read More
Today, a district court in Szczytno, Poland, rejected an appeal by REDRESS which had sought to overturn a decision by the Appellate Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków not to open an investigation into the alleged human rights violations committed against a victim of CIA rendition in Poland. REDRESS had argued that… Read More
REDRESS submitted written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict. The Committee is looking into the UK’s practice and policy concerning prevention of sexual violence in conflict. The submission emphasises victims’ needs of holistic support services. It also calls for the investigation and prosecution… Read More
Electric shocks, beatings on the soles of the feet, stress positions during incommunicado detention: those who allow this type of torture can and must be held criminally liable – even abroad. Bahrain-born British citizen Jaafar Al-Hasabi has submitted a criminal complaint to the prosecuting authorities in Berne (Switzerland) against Bahraini… Read More
Today, the High Court of Kenya is due to hear for the first time the case of a businesswoman and mother of three from the United Arab Emirates who, after apparently being mistaken to be an Al-Qaeda operative, was kidnapped and then rendered to Somalia and Ethiopia by Kenyan counter-terrorism… Read More