In Cajamarca, Peru, communities confront a challenging reality characterised by socio-environmental conflicts, the defence of their territories ...

Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tchangari and stop ...

The interview below, released on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, marks the kickoff of the Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates ...

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...

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 ...

Libyan authorities have recently intensified their efforts to control the information flow in the country, through a series of internet and communication shutdowns. These blackouts are used to launch ...

Geneva, 28th June 2024 - The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has issued a new decision condemning Burundi for acts of torture. The victim, Epitace Nshimirimana, a Burundian citizen and ...

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC), with our national members, call the Government of Georgia to end violence against peaceful protesters, promptly and impartially investigate all credible ...

We from Afghan HRD+ and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) fully support Mr. Bennet’s observations that the human rights situation in my country is further worsening, and violations are ...

Paris-Geneva, June 20, 2022 – Ten human rights defenders, including members of OMCT members Karapatan and women’s rights organisation Gabriela, and of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), ...

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 ...