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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Among the many alarming cases documented is that of Trinh Ba Phuong, a land rights activist sentenced to 10 years in prison under article 117 of the Vietnamese Penal Code. Phuong was arrested without ...

The absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment extends beyond places of deprivation of liberty; it also applies in extra-custodial ...

Geneva, 25 June 2025: On the eve of the United Nations Day for Victims of Torture, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) launches the Global Torture Index—the first-of-its-kind tool designed ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) warn the Kenyan authorities against initiating a new cycle of state-sponsored torture and abuse amid the ...