Update on this article: the Global Torture Index mentioned here is now publicly available as of June 2025. You can explore the platform at this link. Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...

Geneva-Paris, 20 May 2026 - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) has been informed about ...

The 84th session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT) took place from 13th April to 1st May 2026. During this session, the ...

Three years after Ethiopia’s review by the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) in May 2023, serious ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT ...

Le Comité des Nations Unies contre la torture contrôle la mise en œuvre des obligations des États parties à la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou ...

In detention, children become invisible, and their vulnerability puts them at high risk of being subjected to torture, whether by the authorities or their peers. For several decades, the OMCT and its ...

In recent years, civic space has significantly reduced in El Salvador, under a state of exception, a state of emergency that suspended several constitutional rights. Human rights defenders have faced ...

Questionnaire is available here in English, French and Spanish. The deadline to complete it is June 13. Throughout the years, ...

Les femmes et les fillettes risquent tout particulièrement d’être victimes d’actes de torture et d’autres formes de mauvais traitements. Cela malgré l’existence d’un cadre juridique international qui ...

During the 84th Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT), on Tuesday, 21 April, and Wednesday, 22 April 2026, the CAT ...

THE OBSERVATORY IND 001 / 0526 / OBS 024 Judicial harassment / Torture India 12 May 2026 The Observatory for the Protection ...