REDRESS is a specialist charity that for more than 25 years has brought legal claims on behalf of victims of torture. We have had torturers prosecuted, we have won claims in human rights tribunals, and we have helped put in place laws against torture.

Torture remains a constant problem in the world today. Despite universal acceptance of the crime
of torture, it is still difficult for survivors of torture to obtain justice. A small number of our clients remain in detention where they continue to be ill-treated. Many are members of groups who have escaped conflict, and live in exile in their communities. Without our help, they would not be able to access justice for what happened to them.

This work helps us to make a difference to the lives of a substantial number of particularly
disadvantaged people, bringing benefits to the individuals and communities concerned, both directly and indirectly. Full details are available in our annual review, but include:
• In 2013, the Inter-American Court found that Leopoldo Lucero Garcia had been
brutally tortured in Chile under the Pinochet regime, the first case on behalf of an exile.
• In 2015 the UN Human Rights Committee decided that Uzbek human rights defender
Mutabar Tadjibayeva, winner of the 2008 Martin Ennals award, had been tortured
through beatings, sexual violence, and through involuntary surgery.
• In 2017 the UN Human Rights Committee found Nepal responsible for sexual violence
during the conflict, and urged the state to investigate, prosecute and punish those
responsible, provide full reparation, and remove barriers to justice for rape victims.
• In 2019 we persuaded the UK Foreign Secretary to assert diplomatic protection on
behalf of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the first time this has been done in 150 years.
• In 2020 we obtained the first judgment from a human rights court on LGBTI torture in the
case of Azul Rojas Marin.