Her early commitment to the dignity of people deprived of their liberty has run through five decades of judicial and ...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations (CSOs), are deeply alarmed by reports that the European Network Against ...

H.E. Hun Manet Prime Minister Royal Government of Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia October 12, 2026 Re: Follow-up to the Urgent ...

Over 3,000 people are on death row in Bangladesh, and more than 560 of them have waited over 16 years for their fate to be ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within ...

IND 002 / 1026 / OBS 049   Arbitrary detention /  Judicial harassment /  Deterioration of health condition while in detention  India   8 ...

Paris-Geneva, 13 May 2026 – The Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) welcome the release on bail of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Sakharov ...

Fernando Bastias is a lawyer and human rights defender for the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDH Guayaquil), and a member of the Group of Litigators against Torture in Latin ...

The world is marking 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a campaign that begins each year on 25 November—the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This date ...

On 25 June 2025, OMCT launched the Global Torture Index during the Global Week against Torture, a major milestone and the culmination of the two-year pilot phase. With the Index now firmly established ...

The second edition of the Global Torture Index highlights a marked disconnect between international legal standards and domestic legal frameworks on the one hand, and their persistent disregard in ...

Geneva, 25 June 2025: On the eve of the United Nations Day for Victims of Torture, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) launches the Global Torture Index—the first-of-its-kind tool designed ...