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A look back on REDRESS’ 20-year history with a detailed timeline on key cases, special events and publications. Read More

Advocacy Forum and REDRESS today called on Nepalese legislators to tackle impunity for serious human rights abuses head-on by reforming the laws that allow it to continue.

The Committee against Torture, a respected body of experts monitoring implementation of the Convention against Torture, has said that there are well-founded indications that torture is being systematically practiced in Nepal. After six years of consideration, the Committee has published a highly critical report concluding that “the authorities not only… Read More

States have been told they must take significant and positive steps to ensure that victims of torture and ill-treatment obtain redress for the harm they have suffered. The Committee Against Torture, the UN body tasked with interpretation of the Convention against Torture, today issued a key document explaining States’ obligations… Read More

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Dame Rosalyn Higgins, former President of the International Court of Justice, is helping REDRESS celebrate its 20th Anniversary today with a talk and a reception at the Inner Temple. Dame Rosalyn’s talk, “The campaign for justice for torture survivors in the context of the human rights developments of the last… Read More

REDRESS is holding a reception at the House of Lords tomorrow to pay tribute to the late Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell QC and the help he graciously gave REDRESS over many years. The event will be hosted by Lord Frank Judd and is by kind permission of the Lord… Read More