In October 2000, BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was assassinated in his home in Jaffna, one of the earliest targeted killings of a Tamil journalist during Sri Lanka’s civil war. His murder became a symbol of the deadly cost of reporting amid ethnic conflict and state-sponsored violence, and of… Read More
READ THE PRESS RELEASE IN ENGLISH LEA EL INFORME Desnudez forzada, violación, requisas invasivas, acoso sexual, tocamientos inapropiados, violaciones anales y vaginales con objetos, insultos sexistas y homofóbicos: estos no son hechos aislados, sino parte de un patrón creciente y alarmante en América Latina. Read More
LEE EL COMUNICADO DE PRENSA EN ESPAÑOL READ THE REPORT Forced nudity, rape, invasive searches, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching, anal and vaginal rape with objects, sexist and homophobic insults — these are not isolated incidents but part of a growing and alarming pattern in… Read More
This report published by REDRESS, the Academy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), and the Latin American Network for Gender-Based Strategic Litigation (ReLeG), exposes how sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has been systematically used as a tool of political and social… Read More
On 2 April 2012, Ansar Dine and AQIM – armed groups pursuing a jihadist ideology – took control of the city in Timbuktu, northern Mali. Over the following nine months, Ansar Dine/AQIM imposed a system of Sharia-based rules and norms on the population, introducing harsh punishments for non-compliance, including… Read More
READ BRIEFING PAPER By Lauren Schaefer, Legal Fellow On 29 July 2025, the UK Supreme Court handed down one of the most important sanctions decisions since Brexit. In Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and… Read More
This briefing covers the UK Supreme Court’s landmark 29 July 2025 ruling in Shvidler and Dalston Projects, which upheld the legality of the UK’s sanctions regime and clarified how proportionality and human rights claims should be assessed. The Court confirmed that sanctions targeting associates of sanctioned individuals are lawful, proportionate,… Read More
READ OUR SANCTIONS MID-YEAR UPDATE Targeted sanctions have become one of the most powerful tools by which governments address human rights abuses and corruption worldwide. However, recent U.S. policy developments risk undermining the credibility of this global response. In a new joint briefing, REDRESS, Human Rights… Read More
