Today, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered a landmark decision on reparations. The decision outlines the principles to be applied in relation to reparation for victims in the case of Thomas Lubanga, who was found guilty in March of the war crimes of enlisting and using… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the recommendation in the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) report released today that the UK needs to place democratic values at the heart of its response to the Arab Spring. In its report British Foreign Policy and the ‘Arab Spring’, the FAC examined in particular the dramatic developments in… Read More
Today we celebrate International Justice Day as 14 years ago on this date the Rome Statute was adopted, establishing the International Criminal Court, the world’s first permanent international court to prosecute the worst crimes in international law. The last two decades have witnessed historic achievements in international criminal justice. This… Read More
Crucial hearings began today in the High Court on time limitation periods applicable in the landmark case brought by Kenyan victims of alleged torture during the Kenya Emergency in the 1950s and 1960s. The British Government is arguing that the claims are time-barred and should be struck out, but the… Read More
Today, the International Criminal Court handed down its first ever sentence, in the case against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. Lubanga was found guilty in March of the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting and using child soldiers under 15 during the 2002-2003 armed conflict in Ituri, in the Democratic Republic… Read More
REDRESS is very saddened to learn of the death of Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell, QC. Lord Archer died on the 14th June 2012, aged 85. He will be remembered by all at REDRESS for his support of victims of torture. Lord Archer campaigned tirelessly for human rights throughout his… Read More