The OMCT condemns the US decision to place the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, ...

Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United ...

KEN 001 / 0725 / OBS 040 Deportation Kenya 9 July, 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a ...

Guatemala: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and other human rights organisations and ...

Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution ...

On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ...

Resources / Reports / Protesting without fear: A policy framework to end torture and ill-treatment in the context of protests The absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment extends beyond ...

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

The Global Torture Index is a unique, data-driven tool designed to annually assess the risk of torture and other ill-treatment worldwide. It evaluates national laws, policies, and practices in line ...

Geneva – Brussels, 15 July, 2022 – Increased incarceration rates over recent years have exacerbated already substandard conditions of detention in Turkey, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) ...

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 ...