Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tchangari and stop ...

Geneva, 14 April 2025 - Myanmar’s Tharyarwaddy prison stands as a stark symbol of state-sponsored abuse, where political detainees endure torture, medical neglect, and forced labor under ...

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 ...

Geneva, 27 February 2025 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expresses grave concern over reports that at least 40 Uyghurs, detained in Thailand since 2014, have been forcibly deported to ...

The conflict in Sudan, raging since April 2023, has displaced over 10 million Sudanese and forced them to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. However, instead of finding safety, they encounter a ...

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 ...

The past year has seen a further erosion of the absolute prohibition of torture, the foundation of the international human rights order. The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) recalls that ...

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 ...

13 August 2024 - We write as a global coalition of non-governmental organisations to protest the continuous awarding of repressive governments with hosting privileges of United Nations conferences.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your ...