Her early commitment to the dignity of people deprived of their liberty has run through five decades of judicial and ...

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,   Constitutional President of the United Mexican States  We, the undersigned, are aware of ...

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

Paris-Geneva, 13 May 2026 – The Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) welcome the release on bail of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Sakharov ...

The OMCT works with around 200 member organisations which constitute its SOS-Torture Network, to end torture, fight impunity and protect human rights defenders worldwide. Together, we make up the ...

Fernando Bastias is a lawyer and human rights defender for the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDH Guayaquil), and a member of the Group of Litigators against Torture in Latin ...

The second edition of the Global Torture Index highlights a marked disconnect between international legal standards and domestic legal frameworks on the one hand, and their persistent disregard in ...

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 ...

On 25 June 2025, OMCT launched the Global Torture Index during the Global Week against Torture, a major milestone and the culmination of the two-year pilot phase. With the Index now firmly established ...

The world is marking 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a campaign that begins each year on 25 November—the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This date ...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations (CSOs), are deeply alarmed by reports that the European Network Against ...