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, ...

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 ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) express ...

Under the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules ), it is defined as the confinement of ...

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 ...

Tania Pariona Tarqui is an Indigenous Quechua human rights defender, activist from Peru, and Executive Secretary of the coalition Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH). As she started ...

The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH), together with the undersigned human rights organizations, strongly condemn the escalating crackdown by Moroccan authorities on peaceful protests, including minors and ...

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 ...

In June 2025, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), together with the Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) and Human Rights Defenders Plus (HRD+), released a report titled “Every ...

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 ...

The Observatory has been informed by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) about the deportation of human rights lawyer and transitional justice expert Mr Martin Mavenjina, a senior legal advisor ...