This manual is the outcome of a collaborative effort spanning several years of cooperation and involving lawyers, human rights defenders, doctors and others in the Philippines and elsewhere. The purpose of this manual is to provide practical guidance on how lawyers and other professionals can use the Istanbul Protocol to… Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, calls on the UK Government to raise the issue of torture in Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah during his State visit, including the torture of UK nationals. Several British men, including Ron Jones, Bill Sampson,… Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, has this week released a new Report entitled UK ARMY IN IRAQ: Time To Come Clean On Civilian Torture, exposing serious failures in the way civilian detention was planned prior to the invasion, contributing to… Read More
This report surveys a number of specific incidents of abuse of Iraqi civilians by UK Army forces during the period when the fighting against Saddam Hussein’s forces officially stopped and the hand-over to the Iraqi authorities took place: 1 May 2003 to 30 June 2004. It seeks to examine the… Read More
Response to sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom, the British Oversewas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. Read More
African Rights and REDRESS, two human rights organizations committed to ending impunity for serious international crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture, commend German authorities for their decision to arrest Augustin Ngirabatware in Frankfurt, Germany, which came to light today. Ngirabatware was arrested at the request of… Read More
This report summarises the main issues and debates which arose in the course of the conference ‘Reparations for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes: Systems in place and systems in the making’, organised by REDRESS and the Clemens Nathan Research Centre. The sessions focused on key themes surrounding reparation… Read More
