On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we recognize the courage of individuals and human rights defenders in Iran who, ...
The past year has seen a further erosion of the absolute prohibition of torture, the foundation of the international human ...
Since 1995, The Albanian Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma and Torture (ARCT) has been working to support and bring justice to victims of torture. From offering rehabilitation services to victims of ...
RUS 002 / 1024 / OBS 041 Judicial harassment Russian Federation October 4, 2024 The Observatory for the Protection of Human ...
The SOS-Torture Network is at the heart of the OMCT and is the currently the most important global network striving to put an end to torture and protect human rights defenders. At the outset, in 1985, ...
Resources / Statements / Belarus : Four years after Marfa Rabkova’s arbitrary detention, repression against Viasna members must end Four years ago, on September 17, 2020, Viasna member Marfa Rabkova ...
Despite its inherent weaknesses and failures, the recently concluded UN Joint Programme for Human Rights in the Philippines has often been touted as a model to operationalise the Council's agenda item ...
Ahead of its January 2025 vote on the renewal of Azerbaijan’s credentials, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) should develop and enforce clear criteria that Azerbaijan should ...
The Israel Public Committee Against Torture in Israel was established in 1990 in response to years-long governmental policies that permitted the use of torture by the Israeli Securities Authority.
Resources / Reports / OMCT and civil society alert UN Committee of torture of children in Brazil detention The pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Brazil is taking place this ...