REDRESS will attend the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which will take place from 25 April to the 9 May in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and will also participate in the NGO Forum preceding the session. The African Commission is Africa’s principal human rights mechanism… Read More
REDRESS is a human rights charity based in London that works internationally to combat torture by seeking justice and reparation for torture survivors.
This manual seeks to assist those working to fight torture and to support victims through litigation in six countries in East Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. This region boasts a vibrant and active civil society that has advocated for the introduction of specific anti-torture legislation to create… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the transfer of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen to the International Criminal Court today as an important step towards accountability for the egregious crimes committed by the LRA against thousands of defenceless men, women and children in northern Uganda. “LRA leaders have evaded accountability for… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the launch of a new International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a new tool in the fight against impunity that will be presented on Wednesday at a global summit in London. The Protocol sets out best practice standards for documenting and investigating… Read More
From 13-14 April 2012, in the margins of the NGO Forum preceding the 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), lawyers and other experts met in Kololi, The Gambia, to discuss victims’ experiences of accessing justice and seeking reparation. Participants included lawyers and experts from… Read More
On International Women’s Day, civil society calls for protection of women’s rights through Rome Statute system The Hague/ New York—Governments must urgently ensure greater protection for women from sexual and gender based violence, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court said today on the occasion of International Women’s Day. “States… Read More
In a report released today, an important parliamentary committee has again called on the UK Government to designate Bahrain as a “country of concern” in its human rights policies, reflecting REDRESS’ ongoing concerns about the human rights situation in Bahrain. Earlier this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) released… Read More