This report considers torture and ill-treatment in Bahrain after the implementation of the reforms that were recommended by the Bahrain International Commission of Inquiry (BICI) following serious human rights violations committed by State agents after the February protests of 2011. The report draws on the past experiences of REDRESS and… Read More
Our annual report for 2013 provides an overview of the work that REDRESS undertook from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013. Read More
قراءة باللغة العربية The initial appearance of the former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda before the International Criminal Court tomorrow, almost seven years after the Court issued its first arrest warrant against him, opens a significant opportunity in the pursuit of accountability and justice for many… Read More
Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), REDRESS, DIGNITY and the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) provided these preliminary comments on the Draft Law Criminalising Torture, Enforced Disappearances and Torture in Libya, which was approved on 9 April 2013. The Draft Law attempts to criminalise three distinct crimes either fully (the… Read More
Zimbabwe responsible for torture.
The Americas’ highest human rights court will consider today and tomorrow the landmark case of a torture survivor in exile from Pinochet-era Chile and his family when it meets in Medellín, Colombia. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The Inter-American Court of… Read More
La más alta corte de derechos humanos en las Américas considerará hoy y mañana el importante caso de un sobreviviente de tortura de la era Pinochet en el exilio y de su familia cuando se reúna en Medellín, Colombia. Este año marca el 40 aniversario del golpe militar liderado por… Read More
The Victims Rights Working Group (VRWG), a network of civil society groups and experts informally facilitated by REDRESS, shared these remarks ahead of discussions on the issue of intermediaries, which took place in the context of the Facilitation on Victims and Affected Communities and Trust Fund for Victims, including reparations,… Read More