Ten human rights organisations, along with former detainees and others who say they were tortured, withdrew today from the British Government’s Detainee Inquiry because it lacks “the credibility or transparency” to fully investigate allegations of torture. In a joint letter to the solicitor for the Inquiry, the groups – including REDRESS,… Read More
The Report by REDRESS provides a comprehensive analysis of the 'Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is relation to India's domestic and international human rights obligations, with a particular focus on Manipur due to their history of abusing powers granted by military instruments.
Any investigation into the 128 cases of alleged abuse of civilians by British soldiers in Iraq must not only be independent but must be seen to be independent, as any perceived lack of independence is likely to undermine the work and conclusions of the investigating body. REDRESS has intervened in… Read More
Registry officials at the ICC have warned judges that they can’t process the paperwork to enable victims to take part in crucial Court hearings, because they simply have too few staff. Earlier this month (4th July), Trial Chamber I ruled that hundreds of pending applications from victims wanting to participate in the… Read More
قراءة باللغة العربية The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should call on Sudan to cease human rights abuses in Southern Kordofan, Human Rights Watch, Interights, REDRESS, and the Sudan Democracy First Group said today. On July 2, 2011, the four human rights organizations petitioned the… Read More
A Dutch appeals court today sentenced Joseph Mpambara to life imprisonment on war crimes charges committed during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutu were killed. The Court of Appeals found that Mpambara led a large-scale attack on an Adventist compound in which great numbers of Tutsi civilians, among… Read More
Exactly one year ago, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron announced the creation of an Inquiry into whether the UK Government and its intelligence agencies were implicated in the improper treatment of detainees abroad that may have occurred in the aftermath of 11 September 2001. This followed revelations that UK nationals and former… Read More
This case relates to human rights violations committed by the former Government of Sudan, arising from hostilities in South Kordofan and Blue Nile in 2011 and involving the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied forces, as well as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North. THE STORY In this case, we alleged that in 2011, the SAF and allied militia groups under the then-Government… Read More
