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Action against Torture A Practical Guide to the Istanbul Protocol for Lawyers in the Philippines

This manual is the outcome of a collaborative effort spanning several years of cooperation and involving lawyers, human rights defenders, doctors and others in the Philippines and elsewhere. The purpose of this manual is to provide practical guidance on how lawyers and other professionals can use the Istanbul Protocol to… Read More

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UK must confront Saudi King on torture

REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, calls on the UK Government to raise the issue of torture in Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah during his State visit, including the torture of UK nationals. Several British men, including Ron Jones, Bill Sampson,… Read More

The UK army torture in Iraq must be investigated

REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, has this week released a new Report entitled UK ARMY IN IRAQ: Time To Come Clean On Civilian Torture, exposing serious failures in the way civilian detention was planned prior to the invasion, contributing to… Read More

Letter to the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances on enforced disappearances in Punjab, India

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UK Army in Iraq: Time to Come Clean on Civilian Torture

This report surveys a number of specific incidents of abuse of Iraqi civilians by UK Army forces during the period when the fighting against Saddam Hussein’s forces officially stopped and the hand-over to the Iraqi authorities took place: 1 May 2003 to 30 June 2004. It seeks to examine the… Read More

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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Response to sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories and the Crown

Response to sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom, the British Oversewas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. Read More

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