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

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

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

On June 25, 2025, during the Global Week Against Torture, OMCT and its partners will launch the Global Torture Index in an interactive event highlighting its role as a vital resource for assessing and ...

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 ...

Despite 175 countries ratifying the UN Convention Against Torture, this grave violation of human rights persists in prisons, public assemblies, armed conflicts, and daily police interventions. Torture ...

The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Ssuuna James, a cyberactivist and human rights defender, founder and Executive Director of Freedom Hive Uganda, an ...

Respected Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, We, the undersigned five human rights organizations, strongly condemn the harassment and arbitrary detention of Baloch human rights defenders (HRDs) ...

L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits humains, un partenariat de l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) et de la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH ...

L’Organisation mondiale contre la torture exprime son indignation face aux tentatives de perturbation et de déstabilisation des travaux du Conseil national de la Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme ...

Resources / Reports / Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments Ten Burundian civil society organisations, under the coordination of ...