In an important decision, Africa’s regional human rights treaty body – the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – held that Sudan is responsible for the arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and ill-treatment of 88 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The 88 complainants are Sudanese nationals who had escaped conflict in… Read More
A court in Lithuania has today released a ruling urging prosecutors to investigate claims that a Guantánamo detainee was held in CIA secret detention in the country. The decision comes after prosecutors refused to open an investigation into a complaint lodged in September last year by human rights organisations Human… Read More
After more than ten years of litigation, the European Court of Human Rights has today told three British men that they cannot sue Saudi Arabia or its officials for torture they claim they were subjected to in its prisons. A fourth victim died before the case was decided. In 2000… Read More
REDRESS today condemns the decision to hand the stalled official inquiry into rendition and torture to the Intelligence and Security Committee. “Today’s decision is an affront to justice and accountability for allegations which are as shocking today as they were when they first emerged” said Carla Ferstman, Director of REDRESS. Read More
REDRESS welcomes the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s release of a report that upholds the complaint of a rape victim and calls for changes in the way consular officers deal with cases of violence against British citizens overseas. The victim – Ms M, a British aid worker – was raped by a military… Read More
The UK Government should make securing an invitation for the Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit Bahrain a priority in its discussions with that state, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) said in a report released today after a year-long inquiry into the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
In a landmark judgment, the Americas’ highest human rights court has upheld the right to justice and to reparation for exiled torture survivors from the Pinochet-era. It is the first time the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has decided the case of a living survivor of human rights… Read More
En un importante fallo, la corte en materia de derechos humanos más alta de las Américas ha ratificado el derecho a la justicia y a la reparación para los sobrevivientes de tortura exiliados durante el régimen de Pinochet. Esta la primera vez que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos… Read More