IPP Solidarity Movement Campaign
Fighting For Retrospective Collective Justice
Founded by Bernadette Emerson, previously co-founder of IPP Committee In Action.
The IPP Solidarity Movement is a grassroots campaign demanding retrospective justice and resentencing of everyone sentenced under the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP), one of the most inhumane and failed sentencing regimes in British legal history.
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Stand with us in solidarity. Together, we can end silence, confront the injustice and deliver retrospective justice for all IPP prisoners.
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International Justice and Human Rights Action
In 2024 Bernadette Emerson's IPP loved one played a crucial role in opening the international legal pathway for IPP prisoners through the WGAD at the UN.
His case caught the attention of an international human rights barrister, who then searched for Bernadette to collaborate on bringing his case and along with other IPP cases, before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD).
It was Bernadette Emerson's loved one's IPP case that inspired and secured the barrister's involvement, creating the foundation for a major international human rights action.
Working together, Bernadette the barrister and a coalition of legal experts and other campaigner's, formally served a WGAD complaint on the UK Government, exposing the IPP regime as a clear violation of international human rights law, arbitrary unlawful detention.
Remaining true to her commitment to collective justice, Bernadette invited other IPP campaigns to join the WAD complaint, uniting voices across the UK to present a single, powerful demand for justice to the international community.
The submission makes one thing undeniable:
The UK's continued detention of IPP prisoners is unlawful, inhumane, and indefensible.
Our Campaign!
We stand for collective justice, transparency, and accountability.
The IPP Solidarity Movement works to:
Expose the systemic injustice of the
IPP sentence and its continued legacy.
Demand retrospective abolition, ensuring those still serving under IPP receive justice, release, and reparations.
Promote public awareness through education, media outreach, and survivor led advocacy.
Organise national protests to hold the Government accountable.
Dismantle the IPP Action Plan, which continues to perpetuate harm under the illusion of reform.
Serve open letters and petitions on the Ministry of Justice and government bodies, calling for immediate intervention for IPP prisoners.
Highlight the gravity of the mental health crisis caused by indefinite detention and advocate for treatment and trauma informed care.
Expose the misuse of the contested personality disorder (PD) diagnoses, often used to justify continued incarceration and stigmatise IPP prisoners.
Our Vision
A justice system rooted in compassion, not control.
A society that rehabilitates, not dehumanises. A future where no one is left to suffer in silence.
We are fighting for:
The retrospective abolition of the
IPP sentence.
Accountability and redress for the sychological harm caused.
Real mental health care and rehabilitation, not punishment disguised as treatment.