In May 2024, protests broke out around a local police station in Channagiri, in the state of Karnataka, India. A 33-year-old carpenter, Mohammad Adil, had been taken to the local police station for questioning in connection with a gambling case, but was declared dead in hospital later the… Read More
By Deborah Nyokabi, Equality Now and Steering Committee of Implementation Working Group The Democratic Republic of Congo consistently reports the highest number of cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV)annually in the Secretary General’s Annual Report. In this context, the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights… Read More
Today, TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and REDRESS, published the latest edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR). The UJAR 2026 compiles developments in 91 extraterritorial and… Read More
The Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2026 compiles developments in 91 extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction cases prosecuted in 20 countries. The figures, increasing year by… Read More
The central work of REDRESS is to bring legal claims on behalf of survivors of torture, with their effective participation. The overall objective of this work is to obtain justice and reparation for survivors, hold perpetrators accountable, and ultimately to deter and prevent torture. Through this work, we also support some of the… Read More
by Renata Politi, Senior Legal Advisor At just 18 years old, Ayoub El Ghan, a human rights activist from Western Sahara, joined a peaceful protest to make his voice heard. Today, he is still fighting – this time, for justice. “Yes, I was damaged, very damaged”, he said during… Read More
اقرأ باللغة العربية Ayoub El-Ghan is an activist from Western Sahara, who was run over by the police in a peaceful protest in Laayoune city in 2018. … Read More
As States prepare for the UN Human Rights Council’s review of Tanzania in October-November 2026, the United against Torture Consortium (UATC) and partners urge UN Member States to respond to the country’s troubling human rights situation with heightened scrutiny, and to put forward recommendations that reflect the gravity and systematic nature of ongoing violations. A coalition of UATC members, specifically IRCT, FIACAT, Omega,… Read More