Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Guantánamo’s opening, 116 organisations (including the World Organisation Against Torture) ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Joint statement by international and regional human rights experts in the context of the continued arbitrary and prolonged detention of human rights defenders Arbitrary detention remains one of the ...

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, ...

Each year on 10 October, the world marks the International Day against the Death Penalty. Although there is a clear trend towards abolition, with five international instruments prohibiting its use and ...

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 World Organisation against Torture welcomes this dialogue and shares the Group’s concern over the use of pretrial detention. Our Global Torture Index shows that nearly half of all countries fail ...

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: Civil Society Calls for an Independent UN Accountability Mechanism The OMCT together with over 100 Afghan and international civil society organisations reiterates ...