Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), REDRESS, DIGNITY and the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) provided these preliminary comments on the Draft Law Criminalising Torture, Enforced Disappearances and Torture in Libya, which was approved on 9 April 2013. The Draft Law attempts to criminalise three distinct crimes either fully (the… Read More
Zimbabwe responsible for torture.
The Americas’ highest human rights court will consider today and tomorrow the landmark case of a torture survivor in exile from Pinochet-era Chile and his family when it meets in Medellín, Colombia. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The Inter-American Court of… Read More
La más alta corte de derechos humanos en las Américas considerará hoy y mañana el importante caso de un sobreviviente de tortura de la era Pinochet en el exilio y de su familia cuando se reúna en Medellín, Colombia. Este año marca el 40 aniversario del golpe militar liderado por… Read More
The Victims Rights Working Group (VRWG), a network of civil society groups and experts informally facilitated by REDRESS, shared these remarks ahead of discussions on the issue of intermediaries, which took place in the context of the Facilitation on Victims and Affected Communities and Trust Fund for Victims, including reparations,… Read More
On International Women’s Day, civil society calls for protection of women’s rights through Rome Statute system The Hague/ New York—Governments must urgently ensure greater protection for women from sexual and gender based violence, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court said today on the occasion of International Women’s Day. “States… Read More
Today, a Dutch court found Yvonne Basebya (Ntacyobatabara) guilty of instigation to commit genocide in the run up to and during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Basebya’s conviction confirms that perpetrators of the worst crimes can be held accountable irrespective of where and when they are found, said REDRESS and… Read More
REDRESS made these observations to the Board of the Trust Fund for Victims in light of the International Criminal Court’s first decision on reparations in the case of The Prosecutor v Thomas Lubanga, rendered on 7 August 2012. The observations focus on the Trust Fund’s mandate in relation to reparation,… Read More