REDRESS is an international human rights organisation based in London and The Hague that represents victims of torture to obtain justice and reparation. We bring legal cases on behalf of individual victims of torture, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Our cases respond to torture as an… Read More
Read it in English here REDRESS, en partenariat avec la FIDH et Trust Africa, a tenu un séminaire sur la représentation des victimes devant la Cour pénale spéciale de Centrafrique, devant 18 avocats de victimes inscrit au Barreau de Centrafrique. Le séminaire a été tenu du 29… Read More
En Français ici REDRESS, in partnership with FIDH and Trust Africa, has held a workshop on the representation of victims before the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic for 18 victims’ lawyers at the Central African Bar. The workshop was held in Bangui, CAR,… Read More
REDRESS has filed a submission with the Council of Europe addressing Greece’s failure to implement the 2012 decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Zontul v Greece. The decision found that Greek law was incompatible with the country’s international obligations to prevent and prosecute torture. Greece’s continuing failure… Read More
This brochure provides information about REDRESS, its mission, objectives, values, areas of work, achievements, and the countries it works in. It also features a number of REDRESS’ key cases. Read More
REDRESS has filed a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ali Aarrass, who was deported from Spain to Morocco and tortured there. Ali Aarrass, a Belgiam-Moroccan national, was forcibly returned by Spain to Morocco on 14 December 2010, despite warnings from the UN… Read More
Ali Aarrass is a dual Belgian-Moroccan national who was extradited from Spain to Morocco in 2010, despite the UN Human Rights Committee having issued an interim measure to halt the extradition given the serious risk… Read More
Héctor Casique was a Mexican national who was detained between March 2013 and September 2016, falsely accused of murder, and tortured. He was cleared of all charges but murdered after his release from prison. HECTOR’S STORY Héctor was born on 14 February 1986 in Mexico. He was arrested on 16… Read More