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This quarterly briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the UK’s use of its targeted sanctions regimes as of 1 September 2023. Read More

On 31 August 2023 the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg) found the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services responsible and liable in damages for the torture inflicted by prison officials on five inmates of the Leeuwkop Maximum Correctional Centre in Gauteng.   The… Read More

Safia Ishaq Mohammed Issa was arbitrarily arrested and detained, beaten and gang raped by Sudanese State agents in 2011 after participating in pro-democracy youth rallies as a student in Khartoum, Sudan. Safia’s case highlights continued concerns of arbitrary arrests and sexual and gender-based violence (“SGBV”) against women, protestors, and… Read More

This report provides information on REDRESS’s activities from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, including a review of our impact and activities, governance and management, and a financial review; an Independent Auditors Report, with their opinion on the accounts of the charity for the financial year, and a Statement… Read More

REDRESS has highlighted the prevalence of short-term enforced disappearance… Read More

Read it in English REDRESS співпрацює з партнерами в Україні та в усьому світі, щоб дослідити потенційні юридичні шляхи фінансової відповідальності… Read More

by Natalie Lucas, Legal Officer On 18 August, the UK High Court upheld sanctions imposed by the UK against an individual, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the first major challenge by an individual to UK sanctions.  Eugene Shvidler, a dual US-UK citizen and… Read More

This submission addresses the three questions posed by the CED and WGEID regarding short-term disappearances (SED) from the perspective of the prohibition on torture. Using examples from SED cases in which REDRESS has been involved, this submission discusses the concept of SED and their manifestations in Sudan and Egypt,… Read More