Maroc : 9 ONG inquiètes des mesures d’intimidation exercées contre les victimes de tortures et une ONG qui les représente Après l’assignation en justice de l’ACAT (Action des Chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture) par le Maroc, 9 ONG de défense des droits de l’homme expriment leur inquiétude face aux… Read More
A body of UN human rights experts has again found Nepal in breach of its international obligations for failing to respond to human rights violations during the conflict – this time in relation to the arrest, ill-treatment and killing of schoolgirl by Government troops. Subhadra Chaulagain, a 17-year-old girl, was… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the transfer of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen to the International Criminal Court today as an important step towards accountability for the egregious crimes committed by the LRA against thousands of defenceless men, women and children in northern Uganda. “LRA leaders have evaded accountability for… Read More
REDRESS in collaboration with partner organisations, has urged Latvia – the current holder of the EU Presidency – to prioritise the fight against impunity for serious international crimes at the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, in order to raise awareness of the challenges faced by national criminal justice… Read More
The Victims’ Rights Working Group, a coalition of experts and civil society organisations informally facilitated by REDRESS, made a series of recommendations to the Assembly of States Parties that meet in New York from 8 to 17 of December 2014. Some of the recommendations to ICC Member States included: that… Read More
A letter addressed to the UK Prime Minister from join-NGO's asking the UK to enact a judge-led inquiry into torture allegations
The full scale of how the USA engaged in torture and brutally violated other fundamental human rights of detainees after the 9/11 attacks was laid bare yesterday. Now it is time for the UK Government to come clean about its own involvement in the CIA’s rendition and secret detention programme,… Read More
