REDRESS press release discusses the recent decision by the ECHR which further confirmed countries will not be permitted to deport those who face risk of torture upon arrival in their home nation.
Today, the UK Government admitted that the United States used Diego Garcia in its “extraordinary renditions” programme in 2002. This is a dramatic shift for the Government, which had previously said that “careful research by officials has been unable to identify any occasion since 11 September 2001, or earlier in… Read More
REDRESS press release discusses the acceptance by French Courts to hear the cases of Rwanda genocide survivors, following the acceptance of a request by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
With the third DRC war crimes suspect now at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the ICC Prosecutor has signaled that his work in Ituri is done. According to the Prosecutor, the arrest of Mathieu Ngudjolo now closes the first phase of investigations in the DRC. He is… Read More
The Aitken report was commissioned by General Sir Mike Jackson, the then Chief of the General Staff in February 2005. He was asked to consider what measures need to be taken in order to safeguard and improve the army’s operational effectiveness in the light of allegations of abuse in Iraq and criticism in… Read More
