Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and REDRESS jointly submit further recommendations for the inclusion of additional references to the Draft Reference-texts for the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Eradicating Impunity for Serious Human Rights Violations. … Read More
The Rt. Hon. Sir Peter Gibson c/o Ripley Building 26 Whitehall London SW1A 2WH United Kingdom 08 September 2010 Dear Sir Peter Following the announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron on 6 July of an inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in the mistreatment of… Read More
REDRESS and others collectively submitted comments to ensure the success of David Cameron's initiative to open an inquiry regarding the UK's involvement in the mistreatment of detainees held abroad.
REDRESS has submitted comments regarding the development of anti-torture laws in Nepal given their recommendations by the UN Rapporteur on torture.
This report formed the basis of a September 2010 workshop organised by the Essex Transitional Justice Network and Redress, which brought together a multidisciplinary group of experts to discuss the existing and evolving approaches to the rehabilitation of victims of gross human rights violations. Participants were encouraged to establish multidisciplinary dialogues, between… Read More
REDRESS and Victims Rights Working Group (VRWG) members across the world are celebrating International Justice Day this 17 July, commemorating the adoption of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998. The ICC is important to victims as the first permanent and independent international justice institution tasked with ending… Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, acknowledges the significance of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement to Parliament yesterday of the creation of a judge-led inquiry into whether the UK government and its intelligence agencies were implicated in the improper treatment of detainees abroad that… Read More
26 June 2010 marks 23 years since the United Nations’ Convention against Torture came into force. 146 States have joined up to this landmark Convention, undertaking to prevent, prosecute and provide reparations for torture and end impunity for one of the worst crimes known to mankind. Today, we express our grave concern about the prevalence of torture and other prohibited ill-treatment, the lack of investigation, prosecution and punishment of such crimes. Today we show our solidarity with victims of torture her in Cambodia and around the world. Cambodia acceded to the… Read More