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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework ...
Accompanying the report, a group of Afghan women artists created a series of paintings depicting the pain and suffering of ...
N'Djamena / Geneva, August 18, 2025. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Chadian League for Human Rights ...
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating ...
Internationally, a pattern of criminalisation and arbitrary detention against indigenous human rights defenders (HRDs) has been recognised in Mexico. The case of Pablo López Alavez, a Zapotec ...
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days.
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l’Homme (ASADHO) and the Comité des Observateurs des Droits de l’Homme, (CODHO), both ...
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed of the conviction and sentencing of Gregory Vallianatos , co-founder of its Network ...
As Ukraine faces a renewed military aggression by the Russian Federation, it is important to ensure safety for the most vulnerable groups among its civilian population. One such group is made of the ...
The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing arbitrary detention, deterioration of health condition and upcoming trial of Maria (a.k.a Marfa) Rabkova, Coordinator of volunteer services at the ...
Despite making strong human rights pledges during its 2021 UPR — including support for 257 of 285 recommendations, such as those calling for a safe environment for human rights defenders — Georgia has ...