Location: The Hague Closing Date: Wednesday 12 June 2019 REDRESS is recruiting a legal officer in The Hague on a part-time consultancy basis (15 days a month) to provide maternity cover for four months from July to October 2019, with the possibility of an extension. REDRESS is an international human… Read More
The UN Committee against Torture has today published its recommendations to the UK, following the detailed examination of its record on torture and ill-treatment which took place in Geneva earlier this month. The findings come just days after the announcement by the Defence Secretary of her intention to introduce amnesties… Read More
The below-signed organisations welcome today’s call by the UN Committee Against Torture for an independent judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in torture and rendition post 9/11. The Government must finally take the necessary actions to get to the bottom of this shameful period in UK history, having for so long… Read More
We are relaunching our free e-learning course exploring what torture means in the international human rights framework, and how this is relevant to the asylum/immigration system in the UK. We have transformed the course into new short modules to make it easier for people to fit this important training… Read More
This report was submitted to the UN Committee against Torture as an alternative (or shadow) report to the UK’s sixth periodic review taking place in May 2019. The report follows four consultation events and a call for evidence across England and Wales as part of the UK Torture Review project… Read More
Eighty civil society groups and experts reveal failure of the UK to meet anti-torture obligations Evidence submitted to UN today, in first review for five years, shows UK has failed to resolve issues and serious new concerns have emerged Today and tomorrow in Geneva, the UK will face scrutiny for… Read More
La FIDH, la LDH, Human Rights Watch, REDRESS et Amnesty International France, organisations de défense des droits humains engagées de longue date dans le soutien à la capacité de la justice française à contribuer à la lutte contre l’impunité des crimes les plus graves commis à travers le monde, appellent… Read More
REDRESS has been made aware of correspondences being circulated via e-mail, from Internet web sites, text messages and via regular mail or facsimile, falsely stating that they are issued by, or in association with REDRESS. These scams, which may seek to obtain money and/or in many cases personal details from… Read More
