In anticipation of the Seventy-sixth Session of the International Law Commission beginning on 28 April 2025, members of the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations (GIAI) write to provide comments to the Commission on article 7 of the draft articles on immunity of State… Read More
REDRESS, CEDEP, and nine Malawian organisations under the Human Rights Grants make this submission as part of the 4th Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to highlight the issue of discriminatory violence, including torture, affecting individuals who identify as or are perceived to be LGBTIQ+ in Malawi. This submission… Read More
This Q&A is designed to answer frequently asked questions about the case of top former Salvadoran Military Officers for the 1982 murder of four Dutch reporters in Chalatenango. The Nuhanovic Foundation and REDRESS collaborated with Fundación Comunicándonos and ASDEHU. The Nuhanovic Foundation and REDRESS are supported by the United Against… Read More
Today, TRIAL International, in collaboration with REDRESS, Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published the latest edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR). UJAR 2025… Read More
The Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2025 examines criminal investigations into international crimes—such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, and enforced disappearances—brought under extraterritorial jurisdiction. Focusing primarily on cases initiated under universal jurisdiction, it also covers those based on active and passive personality principles. The report highlights new investigations… Read More
Today, five judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) unanimously rejected the appeal of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen against the Reparations Order issued by the ICC Trial Chamber on 28 February 2024 in the case against him. Following Ongwen’s conviction of 61 counts of crimes against humanity… Read More
International Criminal Court Under Attack by US, Others The European Union (EU) should defend the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid serious attacks on its mandate and mission, 58 nongovernmental groups said today. These attacks could undermine justice for victims of serious international crimes around the world, making urgent EU action… Read More
In a joint statement, 13 international, regional and national civil society organisations, strongly condemn violations of the right to protest in Turkey… Read More
