The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) warn the Kenyan authorities ...

We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled ...

Roadmap and methodology for the investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Russian forces in Ukraine in the ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY TZA 001 / 0625 / OBS 037 Enforced disappearance / Arbitrary detention / Release Torture and ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY THA 003 / 0625 / OBS 035 Judicial harassment / Restriction to freedom of movement/ Restriction to freedom of ...

Nairobi-Geneva, 28 June 2024 — The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-legal Unit (IMLU) follow with close attention to the worrying situation in Kenya where protests ...

THE OBSERVATORY UGA 004 / 0626 / OBS 036 Arbitrary arrest/ Arbitrary detention/ Judicial harassment / Restriction to freedom ...

On June 25, 2025, during the Global Week Against Torture , OMCT and its partners will launch the Global Torture Index in an interactive event ...

Geneva – Brussels, 15 July, 2022 – Increased incarceration rates over recent years have exacerbated already substandard conditions of detention in Turkey, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) ...

Today, I’m speaking out for all the Afghan women who have lost their voices. The Taliban promised that this time would be different. It is not. Women have been wiped out of the public spaces. Our ...

The United Against Torture Consortium is calling on Bangladesh’s newly elected administration to respect and restore civic space and to carry out significant reforms on the prevention of and ...

Dakar – Geneva, 15 December 2021 (OMCT) – Torture is present at every point on the migration roads in Africa, said a report published today by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). The report ...