Internationally, a pattern of criminalisation and arbitrary detention against indigenous human rights defenders (HRDs) has ...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri ...

July 2025 The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) strongly welcomes today’s action by the European Union significantly ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY KEN 002 / 0725 / OBS 045 Arbitrary detention / Release / Judicial harassment / Restriction to ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is seeking to recruit an intern for its recently launched Global Torture Index initiative in its office in Brussels.

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

July 29, 2025 H.M. King Mohammed VI Rabat, Morocco Your Majesty, We are writing to request that the government of Morocco ...

Geneva (OMCT) – A new report, published today, documents 122 killings of children, from 1 to 17 years old, throughout the Philippines, between July 2016 and December 2019. The report, titled “How ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turkey is grappling with major restrictions on democracy and on fundamental rights and freedoms. In the aftermath of the coup attempt of 15 July 2016, the Turkish government declared a three-month ...

With 70% of detention centres overcrowded, the Philippines is one of the countries in the world hardest hit by prison overpopulation. The Marcos Jr administration has promised to tackle the problem ...