Tag Archives: Right to Reparations
Decision in Mau Mau Case Strengthens the Right to Reparations of All Victims of Torture
10/5/2012 London UK High Court ordering the British government to pay damages to a group of Kenyans who were imprisoned and tortured by colonial authorities following the Mau Mau Rebellion… Read more
Honduras truth commission seeks post-coup justice, reparations
October 04, 2012 Honduras TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A truth commission formed by human rights organizations called on President Porfirio Lobo’s government on Wednesday to annul a 2010 amnesty law and… Read more
Italy court upholds “rendition” convictions on ex-CIA agents
Italy’s highest court on Wednesday upheld guilty verdicts on 23 Americans for the kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric, in the first criminal convictions for CIA “rendition” flights during the… Read more
UN Calls on Libya to Move Forward with Transitional Justice Processes
Tripoli– “A transitional justice strategy can contribute to defining how Libyan society will go forward, and lay the foundations for a new democratic society” the United Nations Support Mission in… Read more
Bahrain charges police officers with torture
18 Sep 2012 Manama Seven lieutenants are charged with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions during height of last year’s uprising. Bahrain’s public prosecution has charged seven police officers over… Read more
“Transitional justice is not a ‘soft’ form of justice,” UN Special Rapporteur
11 September, 2012 Geneva “Transitional justice is not a ‘soft’ form of justice,” says new UN Special Rapporteur Pablo de Greiff United Nations independent expert on transitional justice Pablo de… Read more
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