Joint Submission by REDRESS, ICJ and OMCT to the Committee Against Torture in relation to its examination of the United States of America’s Third to Fifth State Party Report
This submission provides evidence on the use of immigration detention in the UK, outlining the need for UK immigration policy to be principled, coherent and effective in supporting those feeling torture and ill-treatment, with allegations of torture effectively investigated; perpetrators brought to justice and victims afforded reparations. … Read More
REDRESS strongly condemns the detention in Bahrain on Saturday 30 August 2014 of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Maryam AlKhawaja. We call on the Bahraini authorities to release her immediately, as well as to release 13 other leading human rights defenders, including her father Abdulhadi AlKhawaja, who are in jail… Read More
In this briefing paper, the Uganda Victims Foundation identifies the categories of victims, types of interim support needed, processes necessary to meet the reparative needs and proposed time frames that the government policy should target for interim reparations. UVF is mindful that the government has to mobilise resources if it is to meet… Read More
Submitted to the 112th Session of the Human Rights Committee - Pre-sessional meeting on the United Kingdom, 7-31 October 2014
For three days from today, the Court of Appeal will hear the case of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v. Jack Straw & Others. It involves a damages claim by a Libyan couple against former and current UK officials for their alleged complicity in the claimants’ torture and illegal transfer to… Read More
REDRESS provided a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence on the ways in which victims’ views can be included as an integral part of framing, developing and pursuing prosecutorial strategies in transitional justice contexts. … Read More
This paper calls for the elaboration of minimum standards for reparations programmes in response to mass violations. International law recognises that victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law have the right to an effective remedy, including reparation, and that it must meet certain… Read More