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Dame Rosalyn Higgins, former President of the International Court of Justice, is helping REDRESS celebrate its 20th Anniversary today with a talk and a reception at the Inner Temple. Dame Rosalyn’s talk, “The campaign for justice for torture survivors in the context of the human rights developments of the last… Read More

REDRESS is holding a reception at the House of Lords tomorrow to pay tribute to the late Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell QC and the help he graciously gave REDRESS over many years. The event will be hosted by Lord Frank Judd and is by kind permission of the Lord… Read More

In a report released today, an important parliamentary committee has again called on the UK Government to designate Bahrain as a “country of concern” in its human rights policies, reflecting REDRESS’ ongoing concerns about the human rights situation in Bahrain. Earlier this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) released… Read More

Three elderly Kenyan victims of torture during the Mau Mau independence struggle in the 1950s today won a historic legal victory against the British Government, after the High Court rejected the Government’s argument that their claims are time barred under English law. The case will now proceed to a full… Read More

This discussion paper was submitted by IBUKA and it’s 15 member organisations, the Survivors Fund (SURF) and REDRESS to the government of Rwanda in October 2012 to help progress discussions on reparation (in particular in the form of rehabilitation,  restitution and compensation) for survivors of the Rwandan genocide survivor organisations and other… Read More