The Uganda Victims and Survivors Network (UVSN), a powerful new platform for victims and survivors of the 20-year conflict in Uganda, will be launched today in Kampala, during a high-level conference and policy dialogue on transitional justice organised by REDRESS together with Ugandan non-governmental organisations Emerging Solutions Africa (ESA) and… Read More
This report sets out what REDRESS has achieved from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. This has included addressing the need for effective consular protection for dual nationals detained abroad, and ongoing challenges to immunities for torture. In establishing international standards, we continued our work to highlight the problem… Read More
This report on our activities gives details of the many victims of torture for whom REDRESS has acted between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. It also sets out our impact over the last 12 months. This includes a timely report on reparations at the International Criminal Court, responding… Read More
Ahead of the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council REDRESS together with other civil society organisations has urged the Council to take action to address serious human rights violations and abuses that have been and continue to be committed in Sudan, and to support systemic reforms in… Read More
In this letter, submitted ahead of the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, REDRESS and other civil society organisations urge the Council to take action to address serious human rights violations and abuses that have been and continue to be committed in Sudan, and to support systemic… Read More
This is a report of a Litigation Workshop that took place in Nairobi on 28-29 August 2019 involving lawyers and medical professionals from Kenya and Cameroon and the Gambia, led by REDRESS with the involvement of Trauma Centre International, the Independent-Medico-Legal Unit, the Human Rights Implementation Centre within the Law… Read More
Read in English A l’occasion de la Journée des victimes de disparition forcée, cinq organisations de défense des droits de l’homme appellent les Etats africains à cesser d’avoir recours aux disparitions forcées et à garantir justice et réparations pour les milliers de victimes en Afrique. Depuis des… Read More
lire en français On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, five leading human rights organisations are calling on African states to end the use of enforced disappearances and ensure justice and reparations for thousands of victims in Africa. For decades, thousands of people including… Read More
