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📺Ahead of #Prisoner951, we asked Richard Ratcliffe what a legal right to consular assistance could have meant for him and Nazanin.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📺Ahead of #Prisoner951, we asked Richard Ratcliffe what a legal right to consular assistance could have meant for him and Nazanin.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
⛓️ Torture and unlawful detention persist in #Nigeria.
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
⛓️ Torture and unlawful detention persist in #Nigeria.
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
We're #Hiring!
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're #Hiring!
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
🤝Yesterday in Parliament, we hosted an important discussion with @AliceEdwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🤝Yesterday in Parliament, we hosted an important discussion with @AliceEdwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
Today in Parliament, members of the Survivor Advisory Group join UN SRT ALice Edwards, REDRESS, the APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social in calling the UK to reform laws that risk undermining the ban on torture.
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UN Experts Warn that UK Laws Risk Undermining Its Anti-Torture Obligations
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today in Parliament, members of the Survivor Advisory Group join UN SRT ALice Edwards, REDRESS, the APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social in calling the UK to reform laws that risk undermining the ban on torture.
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Four UN experts have warned that five UK laws risk breaching the UN Convention against Torture.
📅Tomorrow in Parliament, the Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr. Alice Edwards will join survivors in calling for a stronger commitment to the ban on torture.
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📅Tomorrow in Parliament, the Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr. Alice Edwards will join survivors in calling for a stronger commitment to the ban on torture.
redress.org/news/un-expe...
UN Experts Warn that UK Laws Risk Undermining Its Anti-Torture Obligations
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November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Four UN experts have warned that five UK laws risk breaching the UN Convention against Torture.
📅Tomorrow in Parliament, the Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr. Alice Edwards will join survivors in calling for a stronger commitment to the ban on torture.
redress.org/news/un-expe...
📅Tomorrow in Parliament, the Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr. Alice Edwards will join survivors in calling for a stronger commitment to the ban on torture.
redress.org/news/un-expe...
Eight years ago, Scottish activist Jagtar Singh Johal was abducted off the street while on honeymoon with his wife in India.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Eight years ago, Scottish activist Jagtar Singh Johal was abducted off the street while on honeymoon with his wife in India.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
🌍 Today at the UN #UPR50, Malawi’s human rights record is under review — a key moment for States to recommend reforms, strengthen protections, and ensure LGBTIQ+ voices shape #Malawi’s human rights future. 🌈
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 Today at the UN #UPR50, Malawi’s human rights record is under review — a key moment for States to recommend reforms, strengthen protections, and ensure LGBTIQ+ voices shape #Malawi’s human rights future. 🌈
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
🚨 In #Georgia, journalists & anti-torture NGOs face escalating harassment, arrests & smear campaigns for exposing police brutality.
The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium calls on Georgian authorities to end repression & ensure accountability.
Read our joint statement:
The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium calls on Georgian authorities to end repression & ensure accountability.
Read our joint statement:
Georgia: Escalating Harassment of Anti-Torture NGOs and Journalists Threatens Survivors’ Right to Redress and Justice
United Against Torture condemns Georgia’s harassment of NGOs and journalists exposing police torture, warning it threatens justice and survivors’ rights.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 In #Georgia, journalists & anti-torture NGOs face escalating harassment, arrests & smear campaigns for exposing police brutality.
The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium calls on Georgian authorities to end repression & ensure accountability.
Read our joint statement:
The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium calls on Georgian authorities to end repression & ensure accountability.
Read our joint statement:
Videos and witness accounts of mass extrajudicial executions conducted by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, Sudan, are extremely alarming.
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Videos and witness accounts of mass extrajudicial executions conducted by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, Sudan, are extremely alarming.
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
🚨Landmark ruling: The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal has, for the first time, clarified when UK intelligence agencies are “complicit” in torture during cooperation with foreign intelligence services.
The case examined alleged British involvement in CIA abuses after 9/11.
Learn more:
The case examined alleged British involvement in CIA abuses after 9/11.
Learn more:
UK Tribunal Clarifies When British Intelligence Agencies are “Complicit” in Torture in First Case Scrutinising its Complicity in CIA Abuses
UK tribunal issues landmark ruling defining when British intelligence agencies are complicit in torture, clarifying duties to prevent CIA-style abuses.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨Landmark ruling: The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal has, for the first time, clarified when UK intelligence agencies are “complicit” in torture during cooperation with foreign intelligence services.
The case examined alleged British involvement in CIA abuses after 9/11.
Learn more:
The case examined alleged British involvement in CIA abuses after 9/11.
Learn more:
📢#Consultancy opportunity
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📢#Consultancy opportunity
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
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🔗 Read the press release: bit.ly/4nOo5si
#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @irct.bsky.social @omegarf.bsky.social
#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @irct.bsky.social @omegarf.bsky.social
United Against Torture Consortium Gathers Over 40 Human Rights Actors…
Banjul, 16 October 2025 — The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC), a coalition of six leading anti-torture organisations working with over 200 civil…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🔗 Read the press release: bit.ly/4nOo5si
#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @irct.bsky.social @omegarf.bsky.social
#Africa #HumanRights #EndTorture
#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @irct.bsky.social @omegarf.bsky.social
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We remind Russian authorities that despite this decision, Russia remains bound by the absolute ban on torture and ill-treatment.
🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/uatc-ru...
@irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, @fiacat-org.bsky.social
🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/uatc-ru...
@irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, @fiacat-org.bsky.social
UATC: Russia - Withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture Puts Detainees at Grave Risk - Omega Research Foundation
We, the United against Torture Consortium and Crew against Torture, express deep concern at the Russian Federation’s recent decision to formally withdraw from the European Convention for the Preventio...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We remind Russian authorities that despite this decision, Russia remains bound by the absolute ban on torture and ill-treatment.
🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/uatc-ru...
@irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, @fiacat-org.bsky.social
🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/uatc-ru...
@irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, @fiacat-org.bsky.social
🌍 The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium gathered over 40 human rights actors from 16 African countries in Banjul to strengthen efforts against torture ahead of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights session.
✊Together, we stand for prevention, accountability & survivor support.
✊Together, we stand for prevention, accountability & survivor support.
United Against Torture Consortium Gathers Over 40 Human Rights Actors in Banjul Ahead of African Commission Session
United Against Torture Consortium’s 2025 Banjul meeting united African partners to strengthen anti-torture efforts, survivor support, and accountability.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🌍 The #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium gathered over 40 human rights actors from 16 African countries in Banjul to strengthen efforts against torture ahead of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights session.
✊Together, we stand for prevention, accountability & survivor support.
✊Together, we stand for prevention, accountability & survivor support.
🌍India’s election to the UN Human Rights Council is a chance to lead by example.
🎙️Henri Tiphagne of People’s Watch warns that torture and impunity persist — and urges the global community to hold India accountable until it tackles torture and implements reforms at home.
📺Watch:
🎙️Henri Tiphagne of People’s Watch warns that torture and impunity persist — and urges the global community to hold India accountable until it tackles torture and implements reforms at home.
📺Watch:
Henri Tiphagne of People's Watch Explains How Torture in India Persists
YouTube video by REDRESS Trust
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October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🌍India’s election to the UN Human Rights Council is a chance to lead by example.
🎙️Henri Tiphagne of People’s Watch warns that torture and impunity persist — and urges the global community to hold India accountable until it tackles torture and implements reforms at home.
📺Watch:
🎙️Henri Tiphagne of People’s Watch warns that torture and impunity persist — and urges the global community to hold India accountable until it tackles torture and implements reforms at home.
📺Watch:
As India joins the UN Human Rights Council, it has a chance to lead by protecting rights at home.
🎙️Human rights lawyer Babloo Loitongbam shares how torture is used to silence dissent and marginalised voices in Manipur — and calls on the international community to hold #India accountable.
📺Watch:
🎙️Human rights lawyer Babloo Loitongbam shares how torture is used to silence dissent and marginalised voices in Manipur — and calls on the international community to hold #India accountable.
📺Watch:
Babloo Loitongbam of Human Rights Alert Describes the Torture and Extrajudicial Killings in India
YouTube video by REDRESS Trust
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October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
As India joins the UN Human Rights Council, it has a chance to lead by protecting rights at home.
🎙️Human rights lawyer Babloo Loitongbam shares how torture is used to silence dissent and marginalised voices in Manipur — and calls on the international community to hold #India accountable.
📺Watch:
🎙️Human rights lawyer Babloo Loitongbam shares how torture is used to silence dissent and marginalised voices in Manipur — and calls on the international community to hold #India accountable.
📺Watch:
#India is set to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council, a body meant to uphold global human rights standards. Yet, torture remains systemic and largely unpunished at home.
Change is possible — this video shows how India can match its global ambitions with real human rights leadership.
📺Watch:
Change is possible — this video shows how India can match its global ambitions with real human rights leadership.
📺Watch:
Torture Crisis in India: Can It Lead on Peace and Security Globally?
YouTube video by REDRESS Trust
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October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#India is set to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council, a body meant to uphold global human rights standards. Yet, torture remains systemic and largely unpunished at home.
Change is possible — this video shows how India can match its global ambitions with real human rights leadership.
📺Watch:
Change is possible — this video shows how India can match its global ambitions with real human rights leadership.
📺Watch:
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𝟭𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮
Next week, we will look closer at the role of Syrian assets in Western jurisdictions, and how they can be redirected as a means of compensation for victims and survivors.
www.ecchr.eu/veranstaltun...
@impunitywatch.bsky.social @redress.org
Next week, we will look closer at the role of Syrian assets in Western jurisdictions, and how they can be redirected as a means of compensation for victims and survivors.
www.ecchr.eu/veranstaltun...
@impunitywatch.bsky.social @redress.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
𝟭𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮
Next week, we will look closer at the role of Syrian assets in Western jurisdictions, and how they can be redirected as a means of compensation for victims and survivors.
www.ecchr.eu/veranstaltun...
@impunitywatch.bsky.social @redress.org
Next week, we will look closer at the role of Syrian assets in Western jurisdictions, and how they can be redirected as a means of compensation for victims and survivors.
www.ecchr.eu/veranstaltun...
@impunitywatch.bsky.social @redress.org
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🟥 The International Criminal Court finds Mr Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, incl. murder, rape, torture, and persecution, committed between August 2003 and March 2004 in Darfur, Sudan.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🟥 The International Criminal Court finds Mr Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, incl. murder, rape, torture, and persecution, committed between August 2003 and March 2004 in Darfur, Sudan.
coalitionfortheicc.org/news/justice...
coalitionfortheicc.org/news/justice...
The ICC has found Ali Kushayb guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur — the first senior Sudanese official ever held accountable for such crimes.
🔗 Learn more about the verdict: redress.org/news/icc-hol...
🔗 Learn more about the verdict: redress.org/news/icc-hol...
ICC Holds First High-level Sudanese Official Responsible for International Crimes in Darfur
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October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The ICC has found Ali Kushayb guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur — the first senior Sudanese official ever held accountable for such crimes.
🔗 Learn more about the verdict: redress.org/news/icc-hol...
🔗 Learn more about the verdict: redress.org/news/icc-hol...
📢The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) strongly condemns the brutal repression of peaceful demonstrations in Antananarivo, where citizens are protesting for basic rights to water and electricity.
#UnitedAgainstTorture #Madagascar
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#UnitedAgainstTorture #Madagascar
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Madagascar: the United Against Torture Consortium Condemns the Brutal Repression of Demonstrations for Water and Electricity
United Against Torture condemns Madagascar’s violent crackdown on peaceful GEN Z protests, urging accountability for excessive force and human rights abuses.
redress.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📢The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) strongly condemns the brutal repression of peaceful demonstrations in Antananarivo, where citizens are protesting for basic rights to water and electricity.
#UnitedAgainstTorture #Madagascar
Learn more:
#UnitedAgainstTorture #Madagascar
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📢 Former detainees and their families, including the sisters of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, urge Keir Starmer to press the Indian PM for the release of Jagtar Singh Johal next week.
🔗 Letter coordinated by REDRESS.
📰 Via @patrickwintour.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
🔗 Letter coordinated by REDRESS.
📰 Via @patrickwintour.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh
Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial
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October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢 Former detainees and their families, including the sisters of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, urge Keir Starmer to press the Indian PM for the release of Jagtar Singh Johal next week.
🔗 Letter coordinated by REDRESS.
📰 Via @patrickwintour.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
🔗 Letter coordinated by REDRESS.
📰 Via @patrickwintour.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
Labour promised to introduce a right to consular assistance. But since coming to power, this has not happened—leaving British nationals abroad without guaranteed support.
With #LabourConference underway, we reiterate our call for a right to consular assistance.
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With #LabourConference underway, we reiterate our call for a right to consular assistance.
redress.org/news/one-yea...
One Year on and Still No Right to Consular Assistance, Despite Labour Promise
Despite cross-party support, the UK has yet to make consular assistance a legal right, leaving British nationals at risk abroad
redress.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Labour promised to introduce a right to consular assistance. But since coming to power, this has not happened—leaving British nationals abroad without guaranteed support.
With #LabourConference underway, we reiterate our call for a right to consular assistance.
redress.org/news/one-yea...
With #LabourConference underway, we reiterate our call for a right to consular assistance.
redress.org/news/one-yea...
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🚨 Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger have announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court Statute
This announcement is a setback for accountability.
Read our statement with @fidh-official.bsky.social @trialinternational.bsky.social @redress.org @coalitionfortheicc.org ⬇️
This announcement is a setback for accountability.
Read our statement with @fidh-official.bsky.social @trialinternational.bsky.social @redress.org @coalitionfortheicc.org ⬇️
Sahel States’ ICC Withdrawal: A Step Back for Victims and Justice
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI)*, including FIDH, the CICC, REDRESS, TRIAL and WIGJ, condemns the announced withdrawals of Burkina (…)
www.fidh.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨 Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger have announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court Statute
This announcement is a setback for accountability.
Read our statement with @fidh-official.bsky.social @trialinternational.bsky.social @redress.org @coalitionfortheicc.org ⬇️
This announcement is a setback for accountability.
Read our statement with @fidh-official.bsky.social @trialinternational.bsky.social @redress.org @coalitionfortheicc.org ⬇️