By Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS Human rights litigation can be used on behalf of an individual survivor of torture to hold governments to account before national courts, the regional human rights systems, and the UN Treaty Bodies. Criminal law can be used to punish individual perpetrators for torture on… Read More
Olivier is a Mexican journalist who was arbitrarily detained and tortured by police officers in 2006. He spent two years in prison for a crime he did not commit, lost his home and possessions, has been separated from his family and now lives in exile in the United Kingdom. OLIVIER’S… Read More
The charges presented against British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal before an Indian court today are compromised by the strong allegations that he has suffered severe torture while in the custody of the Indian police, says human rights group REDRESS. Jagtar, otherwise known as “Jaggi”, from Dumbarton, asserts that from 4… Read More
On 15th May, Fair Trials and REDRESS are holding a panel event to launch their new report ‘Tainted by Torture’, which examines the legal regimes in place to exclude evidence obtained by torture, and reveals how some of these regimes are failing to operate in reality. International law prohibits the use… Read More
REDRESS is seeking applications from excellent law graduates and LLM students with a strong background in international human rights law to conduct research and analysis… Read More
REDRESS will attend the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which will take place from 25 April to the 9 May in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and will also participate in the NGO Forum preceding the session. The African Commission is Africa’s principal human rights mechanism… Read More
Unilever PLC should reconsider the way it is dealing with a case brought by hundreds of survivors of attacks at one of its tea plantations in Kenya during the post-election violence in 2007, four human rights groups said in a letter sent to Unilever PLC’s CEO, Paul Polman. The… Read More
The UK government should seize the opportunity of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Kindgom to demand an immediate investigation into allegations that Indian police officers tortured British national Jagtar Singh Johal. The government should also seek guarantees that Jagtar will be protected from further harm and… Read More