The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Human Rights Law Chambers welcome the landmark decision delivered by the ...

The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) has escalated its repression of civil society organizations that work ...

The OMCT’s Urgent Assistance Fund for Victims aims to respond quickly to the immediate needs of victims of torture and other ill-treatment worldwide. The objective is to help torture survivors get ...

Americas In November 2025, Colombia ratified the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), after 23 ...

December 2025 . On the 13-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone , we, ...

On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an historic judgement on the gender ...

At the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign (25 November–10 December 2025), the Movement of ...

As today marks International Human Rights Defenders Day, this interview with Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur ...

Statement The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expresses its profound alarm at the Tanzanian authorities’ decision ...

We, the undersigned human rights organisations and legal representatives of Vietnamese human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap, express our deepest ...

On 29 September 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of ...

Governments with authoritarian tendencies are restricting women’s rights organisations, limiting access to essential services, particularly ...