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Submitted during the 110th session of the UN Human Rights Committee, 10 to 28 March 2014.

REDRESS submitted comments on a number of key concerns in relation to Peru in advance of the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting at the 52nd Session of the Committee against Torture. In particular such issues include the need for amending the Criminal Code of Peru and the establishment… Read More

Shadow report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its examination of the United States of America at its 110th session. Read More

REDRESS provided comments to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on her office’s Draft Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes. The development of a policy on gender based crimes is an important tool to address in a holistic manner the investigation and prosecution of some among the most… Read More

The Project for Criminal Law Reform (www.pclrs.com), a joint initiative by REDRESS and the Sudanese Human Rights Monitor, has identified a series of shortcomings in Sudan’s legal system, particularly in respect of Sudan’s international human rights obligations, and advocated reforms over the last seven years. This Compilation of Advocacy Briefings, which covers… Read More

A court in Lithuania has today released a ruling urging prosecutors to investigate claims that a Guantánamo detainee was held in CIA secret detention in the country. The decision comes after prosecutors refused to open an investigation into a complaint lodged in September last year by human rights organisations Human… Read More

After more than ten years of litigation, the European Court of Human Rights has today told three British men that they cannot sue Saudi Arabia or its officials for torture they claim they were subjected to in its prisons. A fourth victim died before the case was decided. In 2000… Read More