Six high-level UN human rights experts have called today on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe and fellow prisoner Narges Mohammadi access to adequate medical care, and reiterated calls for their release, as they reach the third day of their hunger strike. In a public statement, the UN… Read More
The appalling and ongoing violations of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s rights demand that the UK Government pursue all available options to protect her and obtain redress, including placing her under diplomatic protection as she starts a hunger strike today. Iranian authorities have restricted calls to her family, reduced food rations and have… Read More
Samuel and Henri were caught up in the failed military coup of August 1982 while serving in the Kenyan Armed Forces (KAF). Fearing for their lives, they sought refuge in Tanzania. They were subsequently detained, forcefully repatriated, tortured and harassed. They seek declarations and damages from the KAF and the… Read More
In October 2019, elections to the UN Committee against Torture will take place as the term of five Committee members ends on 31 December 2019. REDRESS and other human rights NGOs are encouraging States parties to consider the key criteria highlighted by the organisations here for the selection of… Read More
Keynote speech by Lorraine Smith van Lin during a high-level Rome Statute anniversary event organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Peace Palace on 4 December 2018. … Read More
The Council of Europe has re-emphasised the need for Greece to improve its law and practice on the prosecution of torture. In a decision issued on 6 December 2018, the Committee of Ministers increased the pressure on Greece to implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in… Read More
Victims have waited long enough for the International Criminal Court to work out procedures, and it must now act to realise victims’ rights under the Rome Statute, said Lorraine Smith Van Lin, REDRESS Legal Adviser, today during a high-level event to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the… Read More
7,000 victims of the Hissein Habré regime have requested the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to refer to the African Court a complaint that they filed at the Commission last year. The complaint seeks the enforcement of a landmark judgment from 2015 that awarded approximately $125million USD to the victims… Read More