Torture is the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental. It aims to dehumanise and brutalise victims through calculated acts of cruelty to remove the victims’ dignity and make them powerless. It is a very serious human rights violation and an international crime. It is also… Read More
WATCH THE RECORDING On 21 September, the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and REDRESS held a discussion on the behind-the-scenes story of what it took to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home at Hogan Lovells. After six years trapped in Iran, Nazanin was finally freed and reunited with… Read More
The resources on this page are primarily intended for UK-based survivors of torture, their families, friends, and front-line service providers. It is estimated that approximately 27% to 44% of refugees and asylum seekers have experienced torture. According to our report, Whose Justice? the UK is home to between 60,000… Read More
READ THE BRIEFING PAPER Governments around the world have expressed an interest in confiscating sanctioned Russian oligarch assets and repurposing them as reparations for victims in Ukraine. However, existing legislation is largely ill-equipped to achieve this goal. (See our briefing: Repurposing Frozen… Read More
This briefing reviews four laws in Italy, Canada, Switzerland, and France, which enable the freezing, seizing, confiscation and/or repurposing of assets of perpetrators for the benefit of victims. Read More
This briefing highlights the urgent need for legal reforms in Sudan prohibiting the use of information tainted by torture in any judicial proceedings, as required by article 15 of the Convention against Torture. The briefing also shows that many cases move through Sudanese courts in which allegations of torture have been… Read More
Download Briefing متوفر باللغة العربية As a party to the UN Convention against Torture since August 2021, Sudan must prohibit, prevent, punish, and provide reparations for torture and other ill-treatment. As part of this commitment, Sudan must ensure… Read More
Researchers from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Essex, in partnership with REDRESS, have launched new international guidelines, the Belfast Guidelines on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies. The guidelines have been designed to share good practice with State and non-State actors on the implementation… Read More
