July 2026 - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and the undersigned organisations ...

Paris-Geneva, 6 July 2026 – The decision of the Istanbul Regional Court of Appeal declaring the Tarlabaşı Community Center (Tarlabaşı Toplum Merkezi – TTM), legally non-existent marks a worrying new ...

International lawyer and human rights advocate to lead OMCT and its global SOS-Torture Network; succeeds Gerald Staberock, who steps down after 16 years Geneva, (10 July 2026) — The World Organisation ...

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 ...

The OMCT and AWAFI are gravely alarmed by the imminent risk of mass atrocities in El Obeid, North Kordofan. This is not an abstract warning. It is a pattern we have already seen. In El Fasher, siege, ...

The global movement against torture stands at a critical moment, operating in an increasingly volatile environment. There are now more conflicts than at any time since the Second World War, while ...

While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within ...

Resources / Statements / Bangladesh: New Draft Bills on Enforced Disappearance and the National Human Rights Commission must be Strengthened before Enactment Share On 7 June 2026, the Government of ...

Colombia: una oportunidad decisiva para avanzar hacia la prevención efectiva de la tortura En el marco del Día Internacional en Apoyo a las Víctimas de la Tortura, hacemos un llamado urgente a ...

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 ...

The Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel is an independent human rights organisation and legal centre founded in 1996 that works to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian ...