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Rehabilitation as a Form of Reparation: Opportunities and Challenges

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

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REDRESS and Victims Rights Working Group celebrate International Justice Day 17 July 2010 statement 

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

Torture inquiry announcements are a mixed bag: inquiry will lack power to make formal political leaders reveal the truth statement

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

International day in support of victims of torture: human rights groups call on the Cambodian Government to Comply with the UN Torture Convention

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

Rwandan genocide suspects in Zambia: a call for justice

London/Kigali/Johannesburg, African Rights, REDRESS and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre have sent a confidential report to President Rupiah Banda of Zambia detailing the names and roles of 16 key suspects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda who are believed to be living in Zambia. The report follows a visit of President… Read More

Public Statement – Israel: Proposed bill seeks to outlaw Human Rights NGOs based in Israel working on Accountability issues in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

A new Israeli Bill entitled ‘Associations (Amutot) Law (Amendment – Exceptions to the Registration and Activity of an Association), 2010′ proposes to prohibit the registration or close down any existing non-governmental organisation, if “there are reasonable grounds to conclude that the association is providing information to foreign entities or is involved… Read More

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The Impact of the Rome Statute System on Victims and Affected Communities

The Impact of the Rome Statute System on Victims and Affected Communities

REDRESS and the VRWG co-authored a report on selected issues regarding the implementation of the Rome statute with regards to the ICC.

Comments to the Trust Fund for Victims on the Progressive Realisation of its Mandate

With the implementation of the ICC's new mandate for their 'Trust Fund For Victims' REDRESS has submitted their comments on the matter.

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