Lea el comunicado en español (Barranquilla, Colombia) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Americas´ highest human rights court, will consider today for the first time in its history a case of discriminatory torture against an LGBTI person. The case refers to the sexual violence suffered by Azul Rojas… Read More
Read the press release in English (Barranquilla, Colombia) La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH), la más alta en la materia en las Américas, considerará hoy por primera vez en su historia un caso de tortura por discriminación contra una persona LGTBI en América Latina. Se trata del… Read More
REDRESS has urged Greece to bring its definition of torture into conformity with international law, at the UN Committee Against Torture’s review of Greece’s seventh periodic report on 24 and 25 July 2019. Ahead of the session REDRESS participated in a briefing with other NGOs and the members of the… Read More
REDRESS, along with two other organisations, submitted a third-party intervention in a case of alleged unlawful and arbitrary arrest and detention of a number of members of the Azerbaijani LGBTIQ+ community and their subsequent ill-treatment and forced medical examination. BACKGROUND In mid-September 2017, the Azerbaijani police launched a series of… Read More
Dr. Medani and Mr. Eissa were human rights defenders in Sudan who were arrested in December 2014. They were arbitrarily detained for over four months, ill-treated, charged with unsubstantiated offences that carried a punishment of the death… Read More
REDRESS welcomes today’s decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber on reparations to victims of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga), settling the question of Lubanga’s liability for US$10 million for reparations for victims in the case. Lubanga, former leader of the Union des PatriotesCongolais/Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du… Read More
Eight UN human rights experts have expressed their serious concern about Iran’s denial of much needed medical treatments to detainees, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. They say it appears to be a “consistent pattern”, referencing the cases of Arash Sadeghi, Ahmadreza Djalali, Kamran Ghaderi, Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, some of whom… Read More
In this bulletin, we draw attention to our most recent casework, including developments in the case of Necati Zontul, an asylum seeker from Turkey who was tortured by Greek coastguards, following a breakthrough ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, and the granting of diplomatic protection by the UK… Read More
