The undersigned human rights organizations and media outlets, including the Observatory (FIDH-OMCT), express our deep concern ...

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, call for the immediate release of human rights defender Ali AlHajee, who was ...

The Salvadoran reality, marked by high levels of violence and discrimination, led Verónica Reyna, a psychologist and director of human rights at the Passionist Social Service (SSPAS) , to become a ...

OMCT Secretary General, Gerald Staberock, shares his vision for 2025 and OMCT's key priorities in the fight against torture ...

The SOS-Torture Network is at the heart of the OMCT and is the currently the most important global network striving to put an end to torture and protect human rights defenders. At the outset, in 1985, ...

His Excellency Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Office of the President Al Ittihadiya Palace Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt March 4, 2025 Dear President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ...

THE OBSERVATORY MYS 001 / 0325 / OBS 010 Judicial harassment Malaysia 5 March 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture ...

General Debate General Debate on OHCHR activities in Colombia; Guatemala; and Honduras Oral statement by Donovan Jimenez Ortega We acknowledge the Office of the High Commissioner's activity reports on ...

The Israel Public Committee Against Torture in Israel was established in 1990 in response to years-long governmental policies that permitted the use of torture by the Israeli Securities Authority.

New information RUS 003 / 0818 / OBS 109.4 Deterioration of health condition / Refusal to provide treatment / Arbitrary detention / Torture and ill-treatment Russian Federation 26 February 2025 The ...

Torture is the intentional destruction of a human being by another. The methods by which severe pain and suffering are inflicted vary, but they all have the same objective: to break a person, erase ...