Libya violated the rights of Libyan human rights defender Magdulein Abaida by failing to investigate her arbitrary arrest and torture, the UN body of experts that monitors implementation of the main global treaty on women’s rights has found. The decision, issued today, is emblematic in two ways: it is the… Read More
Five years to the day since the arrest of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Iran continues to hold her hostage and refuses to allow her to reunite with her husband and daughter in the UK. Despite having officially completed her sentence on the 7th March… Read More
Read the Framework Asset Recovery Project REDRESS has launched a new initiative to respond to the connection between grand corruption and human rights abuses, by taking action to seize the corrupt assets of high-profile human rights abusers and, where possible, have them assigned as reparations for… Read More
Perpetrators of torture and other serious human rights violations often profit financially from the abuses they carry out, whether directly (for example, through the proceeds of forced labour) or indirectly (for example, as part of a broader scheme of grand corruption). Yet, rarely are perpetrators deprived of their assets,… Read More
REDRESS’ Framework for Financial Accountability for Torture and Other Human Rights Abuses is designed to be used by NGOs and practitioners around the world that act on behalf of victims. It aims to serve as a tool to help identify, develop and evaluate potential case strategies for… Read More
As serious and unprecedented human rights violations are continuing in a culture of impunity in Belarus, there is an urgent need to ensure that evidence and documentation are collected and preserved in a secure and appropriate manner in accordance with international standards. In a joint declaration 19 states expressed their… Read More
REDRESS welcomed today the announcement by the UK government that it has designated for sanctions four senior Chinese officials and one entity for their roles in serious human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China. The Chinese individuals and entity were sanctioned under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) and… Read More
As the European Union was expected to announce on 22 March 2021 sanctions against senior Chinese officials and entities linked to human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, REDRESS wrote on 19 March 2021 to the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, calling for urgent action from… Read More
