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

KEN 001 / 0725 / OBS 040 Deportation Kenya 9 July, 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a ...

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

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 ...

Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed ...

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

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 ...

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 Office in Geneva is seeking to recruit an intern for its Development Team, to provide increased capacity for researching new funding opportunities, supporting ...

The World Organisation Against Torture Office in Geneva is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic intern with a strong commitment to human rights and social justice causes to be part of a ...