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Don’t use closed hearings in security cases, key parliament body tells UK Government
Today, an important UK parliamentary body, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) added its voice to those seriously concerned with the Government’s proposed changes to civil court procedures where national security issues may be involved. The JCHR has criticised the overly-broad scope of the proposals contained in last year’s Justice… Read More
Comments to Sudan’s 4th and 5th Periodic Report to the African Commission: The need for substantial legislative reforms to give effect to the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter
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Comments to Sudan’s 4th and 5th Periodic Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Article 5 of the African Charter
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2012 REDRESS Annual Report
Our annual report for 2012 provides an overview of the work that REDRESS undertook from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. Read More
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Lubanga’s verdict only first step towards justice for victims
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today issued its first-ever verdict, finding Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under 15 into the Forces Patriotiques Pour la Liberation du Congo (FPLC) and using them actively in hostilities in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of… Read More
Thomas Luganba trial: timeline of victims’ engagement
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue its first verdict today in the case against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. As the leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and the commander-in-chief of its military wing, the Forces Patriotiques Pour la Libération du Congo (FPLC), Lubanga is accused of enlisting and conscripting… Read More