The publication of the Final Report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) on the assassination of ...

From a young age, he committed himself to human rights work as a lawyer, using legal methods to assist victims. His inspiration stems from those ...

In 2019, the OMCT and members of the SOS-Torture Network established three Regional Litigators’ Groups in Africa, Asia, and ...

United Nations Human Rights Council 39th Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic ...

UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are ...

As Macarena Fernández Hofmann attended the UN Committee Against Torture’s review of Argentina, she shed some light on the ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) expresses its grave concern at the escalating repression and widespread human rights violations committed by authorities in response to ongoing protests ...

Resources / Statements / Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll 15 January 2026 – As mass repression of protests and ...

Nairobi-Geneva, 28 June 2024 — The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-legal Unit (IMLU) follow with close attention to the worrying situation in Kenya where protests ...

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: Advocating for the rights and voices of women human rights defenders In a powerful demonstration of solidarity, 68 regional and international organisations and 38 ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed proclamation that, if passed, would significantly restrict the independence, ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and our network members, the Ethiopian human rights council (EHRCO) and the Association for human rights in Ethiopia (AHRE), have submitted an alternative ...