REDRESS together with partner organizations Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), MENA Rights Group, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcome the adoption of the first African instrument aimed to eradicate and prevent enforced disappearances, and to improve the… Read More
REDRESS is working in collaboration with the Convention against Torture Initiative… Read More
The Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) and REDRESS published a three-part series of factsheets which summarises the key thematic areas reviewed in the recent report titled ‘Anti-Torture Standards in Common Law Africa: Good Practices and Way Forward’. The factsheets review… Read More
Today REDRESS and the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) launch their joint report entitled Anti-Torture Standards in common law Africa: Good Practices and Way Forward. The report reviews the anti-torture legal and regulatory framework in The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe and provides an analysis of standards in place to prevent, prohibit and respond to torture and other ill-treatment in these States.
The effective incorporation of anti-torture standards within States’ domestic legal frameworks and their effective implementation in practice is crucial to prevent torture and other ill-treatment, ensure that perpetrators are held accountable, and to provide redress for victims. States in the African region widely reject the practice of torture and other… Read More
READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2021 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. In it, REDRESS Legal Advisor Eva Nudd explores REDRESS’s achievements to date as a result of our Enforced Disappearance in… Read More
A discussion to mark the launch of our new report ‘The Forgotten Victims: Enforced Disappearance in Africa’ on the 30th of August, which examines the phenomena of enforced disappearance on the continent and provides recommendations to all relevant actors to prevent the crime and provide justice… Read More
Research by NGO coalition shows that underreporting and political disregard are undermining victims’ fight for justice A new report researched by REDRESS and supported by the findings from partner organisations, launched today, The Forgotten Victims: Enforced Disappearance in Africa, highlights the prevalence of the practice on the continent and… Read More