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International human rights experts call for key changes to the detainee inquiry as Abdul Hakim Belhadj joins list of survivors refusing to participate
The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights… Read More
Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Implementation of its Views in the Philippines
REDRESS made a submission to the UNHRC regarding the Philippines 'implementation of 12 individual communications.
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VRWG – Issues and Concerns Presented by the Victims’ Rights Working Group on the occasion of the 10th Session of the Assembly of States Parties
REDRESS and its partner organisations in the VRWG submitted a list of recommendations on the budget, victims strategy, guidelines for intermediaries, protection, participation, legal aid, and reparation focusing on how the recommendations aid in achieving the courts mandate.
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World Human Rights Day: REDRESS launches new campaign for legislation to allow torture survivors to sue their tormentors through UK courts
War Crimes Unit: Open Letter to the French Ministry of Justice and Interior
We call upon the French Minister of Justice to ensure that France’s new War Crimes Unit is provided with adequate resources and support, including a sufficient number of magistrates and adapted resources, including sufficient budgetary resources to undertake the necessary investigations, particularly in the countries where the crimes were committed. so as to be enable… Read More
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Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur
Avis aux médias: Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur Monsieur Michel Mercier Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice et des Libertés 13, place Vendôme 75001 Paris Monsieur Claude… Read More
Held to Account: Making the Law Work to Fight Impunity in Nepal
The report examines how laws are used and abused to shield perpetrators from justice and to deny victims’ rights in Nepal. Five years after a peace agreement ended a decade-long armed conflict in Nepal – a conflict that saw thousands detained, disappeared, killed, raped and tortured – not one person… Read More