REDRESS uses sanctions to prevent human rights abuses and corruption across the world. As part of this programme of work, we are analysing the UK’s use of targeted sanctions in response to the crisis in Ukraine. For more information about our broader work on sanctions see here. The below… Read More
REDRESS has published a short explainer on the relevant UK targeted sanctions regimes for those in civil society seeking to secure sanctions against actors involved in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Join REDRESS and Good Law Project at 6pm on Wednesday 9 March for an online discussion on the current fragile state of UK citizenship.
Human rights groups welcomed the arrest by British police of a Sri Lankan suspect in the murder of BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam in Jaffna. The Metropolitan Police War Crimes team announced [1] the arrest of a 48-year old man, whom they didn’t name, after conducting what they called… Read More
In this bulletin, we feature some positive updates on our areas of work. This includes our initiatives in our Reparation programme, such as Magnitsky Sanctions project, through which we seek to impose a financial cost on the perpetrators of torture with travel bans and… Read More
In this submission, REDRESS and eight other civil society organisations request States to include provisions on asset recovery in a new multilateral treaty that is being drafted. Read More
Read the NGO submission An NGO coalition has called on States to include provisions on asset recovery in a new multilateral treaty that is being drafted and which seeks to improve international cooperation in the domestic prosecution of serious international crimes. Doing so would enhance opportunities… Read More
We supported the process to update the UN guidance on the investigation of torture, a key element of reparation. The updated version of the Istanbul Protocol was published on 29 June 2022. The Istanbul Protocol, originally produced in 1999, is a series of… Read More