By Natalia Kubesch Legal Officer The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, a cross-party committee made up of members of the upper and lower houses of the UK Parliament, recently published a report examining how the UK has responded to atrocities committed by Daesh in Syria and Iraq,… Read More
This briefing outlines how the UK’s Crime and Policing Bill presents a critical opportunity to reform the UK’s approach to prosecuting international crimes and strengthen its universal jurisdiction laws. The UK currently lacks a robust legal framework to hold perpetrators of international crimes accountable, reflected in the fact that there… Read More
BRIEFING (English/Français/Español) The principle of universal jurisdiction allows States to investigate and prosecute international crimes, regardless of where the crimes were committed or the nationality or residence of the perpetrator or the victim. As of 2022, there were more than 6,000 core international crime cases in… Read More
This briefing by the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) explains what the Lithuania’s referral of the situation in Belarus to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is about, and describes the procedure and ensuing examination by the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC. It also sets out what States… Read More
The European Union has long prioritised accountability and the fight against impunity for serious international crimes within its justice and human rights agenda, with several Member States establishing specialised units to investigate and prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and related atrocities. Central to these efforts is the principle… Read More
By Rupert Skilbeck, REDRESS Director READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW Britain has been at the forefront of countries in denouncing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and calling for accountability. But would a Russian general who has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine be arrested and put on… Read More
READ THE 2024 UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION ANNUAL REVIEW 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, has published the… Read More
Read the report A new report from REDRESS and the Clooney Foundation for Justice, “Global Britain, Global Justice”, examines how the UK has faltered in its historical commitment to international justice due to a myriad of legal, practical and political challenges that have… Read More
