To Contact us about a case:
In order for us to consider taking a case, the survivor must be somebody who has suffered torture as defined under the UN Convention Against Torture other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: see Information for Torture Survivors. Specifically, for an act to be considered as torture, all of the following elements must be present:

• The act must have caused severe pain or suffering;
• It must have been inflicted by or on behalf of or at the consent of a public official (such as the police or security forces);
• It must have been committed for a specific purpose, such as to elicit a confession to a crime or to instill fear.

If you fall within this category, or are a family member of someone who does and you want us to look into the case with a view to taking it up in an appropriate way, or if you simply need advice on the possibilities available, contact us at the address at the end of this section. We will need the following initial details:

• Your full name, nationality and contact details (i.e. an email address, postal address, telephone number(s))
• A brief summary of how and when the torture took place, including basic information relating to the perpetrator(s) (i.e. whether it was at the hands of the police, military, intelligence services etc.)
• A brief indication of what medical and/or other evidence is available to support your case
• If you are in the UK, your residence status (i.e. refugee, asylum seeker, UK national, person with indefinite leave to remain, EU citizen, student, etc
• If you are not in the UK, your residence status in the country where you are at present

We will then reply and where necessary we will ask for more details; even if we cannot help we will tell you why we are unable to do so.
Our contact details are as follows:

REDRESS
Casework Programme
87 Vauxhall Walk
London SE11 5HJ
England
Email: info@redress.org; or kevin@redress.org