This guidance document explores how civil society can play a stronger role in helping authorities locate and apprehend suspects of serious international crimes. It outlines the institutional framework, the role and methods of CSOs, the challenges they face, and practical measures to strengthen their capacity to provide timely, reliable information… Read More
Across the world, LGBTIQ+ persons are subjected to torture and ill-treatment because of who they are or who they are perceived to be. Abuse occurs in police custody, prisons, healthcare settings, public assemblies, and communities. It includes arbitrary arrests, ‘corrective’ rape and other sexual abuse, forced medical examinations, beatings, and humiliation – often carried out by State authorities or by non-state… Read More
By Anastasiia Holovnenko, Advocacy Campaigns Lead at the Center for Civil Liberties For Western readers, Ukraine is often framed as a foreign war. In reality, its costs for other countries are already felt in energy bills, migration pressures, defence budgets, and the erosion of the rules meant to prevent wars like this in… Read More
READ THE BRIEFING During the July–August 2024 uprising in Bangladesh, widespread and systematic human rights violations were committed against civilians. The government of Sheikh Hasina and allied groups were responsible for various human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture, serious injuries, and sexual violence. Despite the… Read More
REDRESS, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), and the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) will host a side-event to the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Pathways for Comprehensive Reparation for Survivors of Torture in Bangladesh. Date: Monday, 2 March 2026 Time: 14:00 – 15:00… Read More
This briefing paper is designed to highlight the reparation framework in Bangladesh and its limitations in providing comprehensive reparation to victims of torture and ill treatment, measured against international standards. In light of this analysis, we provide recommendations for key stakeholders to improve access to justice and to ensure the… Read More
Laura Medina is a human rights lawyer in Spain and a recipient of the REDRESS Innovative Lawyers Award. She spoke about the realities of documenting and litigating torture in a system marked by institutional resistance. Working with Irídia – Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, Laura handles cases of… Read More
Advancing towards a Convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity The first session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations (UN) Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, held in New York from 19… Read More
