When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, victims of torture were especially hard hit by the devastating economic, health and social effects. Lost…
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For decades Turkish people have lived with the threat of repression. Torture, forced abductions, extrajudicial killings, extended detentions and imprisonment are all widespread. It is…
The Basic Court of Pristina handed down the first-ever conviction of a perpetrator of wartime sexual violence from a Kosovar court on 5 July 2021.
Founded in 1992, Fair Trials is an organisation working internationally to defend everyone’s right to a fair trial. Through research, advocacy and campaigning work, Fair…
Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously voted in favour of a bill to abolish the death penalty in July 2021. The Death Penalty Project, a…
In a groundbreaking ruling published on 6th April 2020, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has found Peru responsible for the torture and sexual…
On 25th March, the UK Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the UK Government had acted unlawfully in providing or agreeing to provide…
At least 44 prisoners currently serving life sentences in Belize will be re-sentenced following an important judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). After…
December 2017: In a landmark judgment that will affect thousands of prisoners, the Supreme Court of Kenya has ruled that the mandatory death penalty violates…
9th November 2016: The Belize Court of Appeal has found mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole breaches fundamental human rights. SRT grantee the …