URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY TZA 001 / 0625 / OBS 037 Enforced disappearance / Arbitrary detention / Release Torture and ...

Roadmap and methodology for the investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Russian forces in Ukraine in the ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY New information THA 002 / 0923 / OBS 038.6 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Judicial ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY THA 003 / 0625 / OBS 035 Judicial harassment / Restriction to freedom of movement/ Restriction to freedom of ...

On June 25, 2025, during the Global Week Against Torture , OMCT and its partners will launch the Global Torture Index in an interactive event ...

This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium’s Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture ...

Nairobi-Geneva, 28 June 2024 — The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-legal Unit (IMLU) follow with close attention to the worrying situation in Kenya where protests ...

Turkey has been employing counter-terrorism and national security legislation to restrict rights and freedoms and silence the voices of human rights defenders, the World Organisation Against Torture ...

With 70% of detention centres overcrowded, the Philippines is one of the countries in the world hardest hit by prison overpopulation. The Marcos Jr administration has promised to tackle the problem ...

A Mexican journalist whose daughter was killed four years ago filed today a complaint with the UN group of experts monitoring women’s rights worldwide after authorities in her country failed to ...

Resources / Reports / Türkiye: The situation in prisons is reaching crisis levels Turkey’s incarceration rate grew by 89.3% between 2011 and 2021. The country is now among the top three in Europe for ...