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The Aegis Trust, JUSTICE and REDRESS welcome the government’s decision to apply the jurisdiction of UK courts to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes retrospectively back to January 1st 1991. This follows amendments tabled to the Coroners and Justice Bill by Lord Carlile QC, Baroness D’Souza, and Lord Falconer… Read More

International legal practice Allen & Overy LLP hosted a one-day Conference organised by The Redress Trust (REDRESS), Meeting the Needs of Torture Survivors in the United Kingdom. The Conference was called to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture which takes place on 26 June… Read More

Paris, London, Brussels: REDRESS and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) today published a report on universal jurisdiction developments worldwide since January 2006. The report highlights a remarkable increase of universal jurisdiction related developments over the past years in more than 28 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North… Read More

Azul is a transgender Peruvian, who, whilst living as a gay man, was arbitrarily arrested by police officers in 2008, then raped, beaten and verbally abused due to his sexual orientation.