As the UK’s Magnitsky sanctions regime begins its third year, a cross-party group of MPs called on the UK Government to increase its use of sanctions to respond to egregious human rights abuses and corruption.
On Tuesday 19 July, REDRESS Director Rupert Skilbeck and barrister Tatyana Eatwell gave oral evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons for their Inquiry into the Handling of State Hostage Situations. REDRESS has acted as legal representatives for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was held hostage in Iran… Read More
Strategic litigation against torture can be an effective way to challenge impunity and instigate the changes to policy and practice that are needed to bring about accountability and ultimately deter torture. Lawyers and activists can maximise the impact of strategic litigation by having a clear idea of what they… Read More
Download the report The UK is home to between 60,000 and 98,000 survivors of torture in the refugee population alone, according to some studies. A new REDRESS report, Whose Justice? Reflections from UK-based survivors of torture, confirms that contrary… Read More
This report sought the views of UK-based survivors of torture and their family members in the UK on what justice meant to them in practice, why it was important, and what were their key barriers to… Read More
READ THE BRIEFING PAPER On Tuesday, the UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss stated to the Foreign Affairs Committee that she was “supportive of the concept” of confiscating frozen Russian assets and repurposing them for victims in Ukraine and that the… Read More
This briefing paper outlines eight recommendations to the UK government on confiscating frozen Russian assets and repurposing them for victims in Ukraine. Read More
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today published the 2022 edition of the Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment with contributions from more than 180 anti-torture… Read More