This joint submission from 2016, authored by REDRESS, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), calls on the UN Committee Against Torture to further investigate the purported progress of the United States in the effective implementation of their international obligations in the past year. Focusing… Read More
This report sets out the main areas of discussion of an expert consultation roundtable organised by REDRESS with a range of stakeholders in Abuja, Nigeria, regarding the draft anti-torture law currently under review in the country. Participants included representatives of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, National Human Rights Commission, the Bar… Read More
Civil society organisations TRIAL, REDRESS and Advocacy Forum launch a joint campaign to demand justice for victims of international crimes in Nepal. For one year, partner NGOs TRIAL, REDRESS and Advocacy Forum will give the floor to the victims’ stories, highlighting their long – and on-going – fight… Read More
REDRESS alongside various other human rights groups, wrote to the Minister of Defence to express serious concern following recent criticisms made by the British Government against human rights lawyers engaged by the Iraqi Historical Allegations team (IHAT), the body set up to investigate human rights crimes allegedly committed in Iraq. Read More
Today, the anti-torture organisation REDRESS, through attorney Ingrida Botyriené, filed an appeal of the Lithuanian General Prosecutor’s continued refusal to grant Mustafa al-Hawsawi victim status so that he can participate in the ongoing investigation regarding aspects of the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation programme in Lithuania. In September 2013, REDRESS… Read More
REDRESS, alongside several international civil society organisations, has signed a joint letter to the UN Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission on Crimes against Humanity, in order to seek an opportunity to provide input in the drafting of a possible Convention on Crimes against Humanity. In particular, we call for… Read More
Statement of REDRESS to support joint NGO letter to the Prime Minister on war crimes allegations against UK forces Carla Ferstman, Director of REDRESS, said: “Instead of standing-up for the rule of law and the fundamental principle that no one should be above the law, PM Cameron appears to have… Read More
REDRESS submitted comments to the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) on the key issues which the United Kingdom should address when it provides its 6th Periodic Report to UNCAT in May 2017. The list of issues include concerns over the investigation of war crimes and torture allegedly committed by British soldiers… Read More