This submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States of America focuses on the United States’ longstanding failure to provide effective remedy and redress, including medical care, and guarantee fair trials to the “High Value Detainees” who are still held in Guantánamo, including Mustafa Al-Hawsawi. It… Read More
Today, REDRESS jointly with the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States of America. The joint submission focuses on the United States’ longstanding failure to provide effective remedy and redress,… Read More
Last week, REDRESS and Fair Trials co-hosted a two-day meeting in The Hague for stakeholders from 15 EU Member States to discuss how to improve the rights of victims of violent crime suffered in pre-trial and immigration detention. Research by REDRESS, Fair Trials and partners in six European countries has… Read More
This Policy Guidance Note follows a report published in March 2019 by REDRESS on the rights of victims of crimes in pre-trial and immigration detention in the Netherlands. Drawing from the report, from international and European standards identified by the project’s consortium of NGOs, cases, reports by international committees, and… Read More
A REDRESS report explores the effectiveness of the current legal system in the Netherlands in ensuring the rights of victims of violence in pre-trial and immigration detention. Read More
The Uganda Victims and Survivors Network (UVSN), a powerful new platform for victims and survivors of the 20-year conflict in Uganda, will be launched today in Kampala, during a high-level conference and policy dialogue on transitional justice organised by REDRESS together with Ugandan non-governmental organisations Emerging Solutions Africa (ESA) and… Read More
This report sets out what REDRESS has achieved from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. This has included addressing the need for effective consular protection for dual nationals detained abroad, and ongoing challenges to immunities for torture. In establishing international standards, we continued our work to highlight the problem… Read More
This report on our activities gives details of the many victims of torture for whom REDRESS has acted between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. It also sets out our impact over the last 12 months. This includes a timely report on reparations at the International Criminal Court, responding… Read More