In Cajamarca, Peru, communities confront a challenging reality characterised by socio-environmental conflicts, the defence of ...

Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tchangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, ...

On April 26, 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement of his candidacy for a third term—contrary to the Constitution—marked the beginning of a severe political crisis in Burundi. The citizen ...

Armel Niyongere, exiled Burundian lawyer and Secretary General of SOS-Torture Burundi, a member of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) SOS-Torture network, continues to denounce human rights ...

The Observatory has been informed about the imminent trial, ongoing arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of citizen journalist and human rights defender Zhang Zhan. Initially targeted by Chinese ...

Resources / Statements / Urgent Call: Libyan Arab Armed Forces Must Be Held Accountable for Torture Crimes Committed in Garnada The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Libyan ...

Resources / Reports / Iran: OMCT brief highlights systematic use of internal exile to suppress human rights defenders and minorities The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has released a new ...

Despite its inherent weaknesses and failures, the recently concluded UN Joint Programme for Human Rights in the Philippines has often been touted as a model to operationalise the Council's agenda item ...

We thank Special Rapporteur for her comprehensive report and presentation. World Organisation against Torture fully shares your concerns regarding the human rights situation in Russia. Together with ...

Ahead of its January 2025 vote on the renewal of Azerbaijan’s credentials, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) should develop and enforce clear criteria that Azerbaijan should ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the undersigned organisations have submitted an alternative report to the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) regarding the situation of ...