lire en français On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, five leading human rights organisations are calling on African states to end the use of enforced disappearances and ensure justice and reparations for thousands of victims in Africa. For decades, thousands of people including… Read More
Lea el comunicado en español (Barranquilla, Colombia) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Americas´ highest human rights court, will consider today for the first time in its history a case of discriminatory torture against an LGBTI person. The case refers to the sexual violence suffered by Azul Rojas… Read More
Read the press release in English (Barranquilla, Colombia) La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH), la más alta en la materia en las Américas, considerará hoy por primera vez en su historia un caso de tortura por discriminación contra una persona LGTBI en América Latina. Se trata del… Read More
REDRESS welcomes today’s decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber on reparations to victims of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga), settling the question of Lubanga’s liability for US$10 million for reparations for victims in the case. Lubanga, former leader of the Union des PatriotesCongolais/Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du… Read More
Eight UN human rights experts have expressed their serious concern about Iran’s denial of much needed medical treatments to detainees, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. They say it appears to be a “consistent pattern”, referencing the cases of Arash Sadeghi, Ahmadreza Djalali, Kamran Ghaderi, Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, some of whom… Read More
Emerging Solutions Africa (ESA), the Uganda Victims Foundation (UVF) and Redress – organisations working with victims in the areas most affected by the two-decade long conflict in Uganda – welcome the approval by the Cabinet of Uganda of a Transitional Justice Policy (TJP) on 17 June 2019. The Policy brings… Read More
As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict today, survivors like Purna Maya and Fulmati Nyaya remind us how little progress has taken place in Nepal to end impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence during the conflict, and to seek justice and reparations for… Read More
The below-signed organisations welcome today’s call by the UN Committee Against Torture for an independent judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in torture and rendition post 9/11. The Government must finally take the necessary actions to get to the bottom of this shameful period in UK history, having for so long… Read More