Today the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed charges against Thomas Lubanga, allowing the ICC’s first trial to go ahead. The ICC was established in 2002, and now it is about to start its first trial. While REDRESS is pleased that the case is finally going ahead, it is disappointing that… Read More
In today's Press Release REDRESS expresses joy at the news an inquiry will be made into Baha Mousa death, but highlights Baha was not the only Iraqi Civilian to suffer during the war.
REDRESS, the international NGO that represents torture survivors in the UK and abroad, and one of 17 organisations which intervened in the case of A (FC) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, welcomes today’s decision that evidence obtained by torture is inadmissible in British courts. “We… Read More
Today the International Criminal Court ends the confirmation hearing against Thomas Lubanga, former leader of the UPC in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; the first person to be arrested and brought before the ICC for war crimes. The Court’s Pre-Trial Judges will now decide if the Prosecutor has sufficient evidence… Read More
Paper presented by REDRESS at the 5th Session of the Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, Netherlands, 23 November – 1 December 2006. Read More
Proceedings of a seminar held jointly by REDRESS and the Immigration Law Practioners’ Association (ILPA). Read More
