The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Nepal to investigate, prosecute and punish the men who raped a woman during the decade-long armed conflict, and to provide her with full reparation, in a landmark decision that could have repercussions for many other victims of sexual violence during the conflict. Read More
The UK Government must abandon its half-hearted approach to Iran and insist on the release of all British nationals arbitrary held there, including mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and grandfather Kamal Foroughi. The UK Government is facing increasing pressure to act as members of Parliament discuss the situation of British prisoners in… Read More
In a strong decision [1], the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately release a 77-year-old British-Iranian grandfather who has been held in prison in Iran for more than six years, and allow him to return to his family… Read More
REDRESS Nederland is convening a high-level discussion tomorrow at the Peace Palace in The Hague, ‘Exceptional Measures for Exceptional Times: The Absolute Prohibition of Torture under Threat’, to address and dispel myths on torture. Despite being prohibited in the strongest terms by international law, torture remains highly prevalent, with cases… Read More
The Pan-African Reparation Initiative (PARI), a network of civil society organisations providing medical, psychological and legal assistance to victims of torture and ill-treatment in Africa; welcomes the launch of the first-ever regional instrument on the right to redress for victims of torture and other prohibited ill-treatment. The new General Comment… Read More
More than a quarter of a century after the ex-Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture, including sexual violence and rape, for which he was convicted on 30 May 2016; the Appeals Chamber of the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) confirmed his sentence as life imprisonment. Read More
REDRESS’ Director Carla Ferstman joined a group of international organisations to observe the second hearing of the trial against Serdar Küni, a doctor and veteran human rights defender in Şırnak, Turkey. Dr. Küni, who is also de Cizre representative of the Human Rights foundation of Turkey, was arrested last October,… Read More
Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled today on the principles and criteria that will be applied to determine reparations for the victims of the Bogoro massacre, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Human rights organisation REDRESS welcomes today’s order on reparations (1), which comes… Read More