In the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this briefing calls on the UK government to effectively implement the right to reparation in international law through confiscating the assets of corrupt actors and human rights abusers so the proceeds can be used for the benefit of victims. This may be achieved… Read More
The UK is home to between 60,000 and 98,000 survivors of torture in the refugee population alone, according to some studies. REDRESS 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… Read More
REDRESS uses sanctions to prevent human rights abuses and corruption across the world. As part of this programme of work, we are analysing the UK’s use of targeted sanctions in response to the crisis in Ukraine. For more information about our broader work on sanctions see here. The below… Read More
REDRESS has published a short explainer on the relevant UK targeted sanctions regimes for those in civil society seeking to secure sanctions against actors involved in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Join REDRESS and Good Law Project at 6pm on Wednesday 9 March for an online discussion on the current fragile state of UK citizenship.
Human rights groups welcomed the arrest by British police of a Sri Lankan suspect in the murder of BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam in Jaffna. The Metropolitan Police War Crimes team announced [1] the arrest of a 48-year old man, whom they didn’t name, after conducting what they called… Read More
In this bulletin, we feature some positive updates on our areas of work. This includes our initiatives in our Reparation programme, such as Magnitsky Sanctions project, through which we seek to impose a financial cost on the perpetrators of torture with travel bans and… Read More
In this submission, REDRESS and eight other civil society organisations request States to include provisions on asset recovery in a new multilateral treaty that is being drafted. Read More