Detention, whether pre-trial or immigration, creates systemic challenges for victims of violent crime. Where detainees suffer violent crime, they are victims with rights under EU law. This is so even if they are also suspected perpetrators of crime or undocumented migrants. There is however a failure in society at large… Read More
India continues to ignore its binding international obligations to investigate the allegations of torture in Jagtar Singh-Johal’s case, as Monday 4 November 2019 marks two years since his arrest in India. New expert analysis has added further support to Jagtar’s claims of torture. Jagtar, a… Read More
An independent expert analysis conducted by the International Rehabilitation Council (IRCT), the world’s leading centre of knowledge on the physical and psychological effects of torture and ill-treatment, has found that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Jagtar Singh Johal was tortured in India. Jagtar,… Read More
The Chadian government has yet to provide reparations ordered by a court in 2015 to 7,000 victims of grave crimes under the rule of former dictator Hissène Habré, four human rights groups said today. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which is currently reviewing Chad’s human rights record… Read More
Enforced disappearances in Africa will be the focus of a panel that will take place today during the 65th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. The panel is being organised by REDRESS jointly with the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA) and… Read More
Last week, REDRESS and Fair Trials co-hosted a two-day meeting in The Hague for stakeholders from 15 EU Member States to discuss how to improve the rights of victims of violent crime suffered in pre-trial and immigration detention. Research by REDRESS, Fair Trials and partners in six European countries has… Read More
The Uganda Victims and Survivors Network (UVSN), a powerful new platform for victims and survivors of the 20-year conflict in Uganda, will be launched today in Kampala, during a high-level conference and policy dialogue on transitional justice organised by REDRESS together with Ugandan non-governmental organisations Emerging Solutions Africa (ESA) and… Read More
Read in English A l’occasion de la Journée des victimes de disparition forcée, cinq organisations de défense des droits de l’homme appellent les Etats africains à cesser d’avoir recours aux disparitions forcées et à garantir justice et réparations pour les milliers de victimes en Afrique. Depuis des… Read More