We, the undersigned organizations and journalists, express serious concern regarding the detention of Sudanese journalist ...

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement. On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an ...

January 2026 - The continued prosecution of the president and 10 executive board members of the Istanbul Bar Association, and ...

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, ...

Geneva - Buenos Aires - Bogotá - Guatemala City - Mexico City - La Paz - Managua - Santiago de Chile, 28 March, 2022-Every day indigenous peoples in Latin America are subjected to different forms of ...

Resources / Statements / Guantanamo: USA must provide medical treatment for Ammar al-Baluchi, a victim of its torture programme The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International, ...

Geneva, 29 September 2025 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expresses its deep concern about the excessive and disproportionate use of force by Ecuadorian authorities amidst the social ...

The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH), and the other signatories strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools of transnational repression against peaceful protesters ...

Elections to the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will take place on 1 October 2025. Five seats are available, and 10 candidates – as of 27 August 2025 –, 6 men and 4 women, have been nominated by ...

Geneva – Tunis, 05 August 2025 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in collaboration with its legal partners Swiss law firm Peter & Moreau, submitted a complaint to the United Nations ...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan. This repression has intensified since 2022 ...

Resources / Statements / Georgia: “Foreign Agents” Laws Threaten Civil Society and Breach Human Rights Commitments, Joint UPR Submission Warns A coalition of human rights organisations — the ...