This paper outlines the recommendations made by the Victims’ Rights Working Group, a coalition of civil society groups and experts informally facilitated by REDRESS, to the 12th Session of the Assembly of States Parties that took place in The Hague in November 2013. It calls on States Parties to keep victims’ concerns… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s release of a report that upholds the complaint of a rape victim and calls for changes in the way consular officers deal with cases of violence against British citizens overseas. The victim – Ms M, a British aid worker – was raped by a military… Read More
The UK Government should make securing an invitation for the Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit Bahrain a priority in its discussions with that state, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) said in a report released today after a year-long inquiry into the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
In a landmark judgment, the Americas’ highest human rights court has upheld the right to justice and to reparation for exiled torture survivors from the Pinochet-era. It is the first time the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has decided the case of a living survivor of human rights… Read More
En un importante fallo, la corte en materia de derechos humanos más alta de las Américas ha ratificado el derecho a la justicia y a la reparación para los sobrevivientes de tortura exiliados durante el régimen de Pinochet. Esta la primera vez que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos… Read More
In this letter, written ahead of the 15th meeting of the EU Genocide Network, REDRESS and other human rights groups draw attention to a new initiative regarding EU responses to challenges faced by EU practitioners in the effective investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law. Read More
Following the UK Government’s announcement of plans to significantly reduce access to legal aid, REDRESS has submitted comments as part of the Government’s consultation. The comments focus on the particular impact of the cuts on access to justice for victims of torture. Read More
The UK government should take any necessary steps to ensure progress with an inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in the abuse of detainees after 9/11, an influential parliamentary committee said in a report today. This echoes REDRESS’ concerns, which were laid out in a written submission to the Foreign… Read More
