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This report draws attention to the continuing threats and reprisals faced by victims, their family members, witnesses in their case, their legal representatives and human rights defenders and the accompanying serious inadequacy of protection measures available to victims of torture and related international crimes. It aims to contribute to the efforts of… Read More

Nous, participantes et participants au Forum de Goma pour les droits des victimes de violences sexuelles, organisé par Droits et Démocratie, REDRESS, SOFEPADI et la Coalition Congolaise pour la Justice Transitionnelle,

In this discussion paper, REDRESS and the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee consider the framework for reparation available for victims of the Khmer Rouge regime. It examines the scope for reparation in international human rights law, Cambodian national laws, as well as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia… Read More

Copenhagen, Geneva, London, Paris. The Coalition of International NGOs against Torture (CINAT) strongly condemns Zimbabwe’s refusal to receive the UN Special Rapporteur after all the officially planned fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Mr. Manfred Nowak. Mr. Nowak’s… Read More

Following concerted lobbying from a coalition of peers, leading legal figures and human rights NGOs, the Government yesterday tabled a fresh amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill that will help close a legal loophole which has in the past allowed genocide and war crimes suspects to visit the UK… Read More