Statement of the Victims’ Rights Working Group 21 June 2019 The Victims’ Rights Working Group (VRWG) calls upon the international community to exert maximum effort to ensure that ousted Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, and the other suspects against whom arrest warrants have been issued for crimes in Darfur, Sudan,… Read More
Emerging Solutions Africa (ESA), the Uganda Victims Foundation (UVF) and Redress – organisations working with victims in the areas most affected by the two-decade long conflict in Uganda – welcome the approval by the Cabinet of Uganda of a Transitional Justice Policy (TJP) on 17 June 2019. The Policy brings… Read More
As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict today, survivors like Purna Maya and Fulmati Nyaya remind us how little progress has taken place in Nepal to end impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence during the conflict, and to seek justice and reparations for… Read More
Between 1987 and 2006, an armed conflict waged between government forces under President Museveni and rebel forces opposing the government which tremendously affected the civilian population int he Greater North region of Uganda. Mass atrocities were committed by both sides of the conflict. Hundreds of thousands of persons were displaced,… Read More
Read our Strategies and Evaluations and Articles of Association. Find our Board of Trustees’ Reports and Financial Statements below: Board of Trustees’ Report (2023) Board of Trustees’ Report (2022) Board of Trustees’ Report (2021) Board of Trustees’ Report (2020) Board of Trustees’ Report (2019) Board… Read More
Location: The Hague Closing Date: Wednesday 12 June 2019 REDRESS is recruiting a legal officer in The Hague on a part-time consultancy basis (15 days a month) to provide maternity cover for four months from July to October 2019, with the possibility of an extension. REDRESS is an international human… Read More
The UN Committee against Torture has today published its recommendations to the UK, following the detailed examination of its record on torture and ill-treatment which took place in Geneva earlier this month. The findings come just days after the announcement by the Defence Secretary of her intention to introduce amnesties… Read More
The below-signed organisations welcome today’s call by the UN Committee Against Torture for an independent judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in torture and rendition post 9/11. The Government must finally take the necessary actions to get to the bottom of this shameful period in UK history, having for so long… Read More