Four years after the murder of the Nasa indigenous leader José Miller Correa, former councillor of the Association of ...

Fifty years have passed since Morocco’s military occupation of Western Sahara, yet the Sahrawi people remain deprived of their inalienable right to self-determination, in blatant violation of ...

Joint Piece in collaboration with OMCT, as part of the Global Torture Index data analysis series, Antigone and Dr. Sharon Shalev (Oxford university & SolitaryConfinement.Org) Solitary confinement is ...

Resources / Statements / Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll 15 January 2026 – As mass repression of protests and ...

Rowena Legaspi, Executive Director of the Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center in the Philippines, partner of OMCT and SOS-Torture ...

The assassination of Yanar Mohammed , a prominent Iraqi feminist and President of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), on 2 March 2026 ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights, together with the undersigned organisations, strongly urges the Central Jakarta District Court ...

Around the world, women human rights defenders play a crucial role in exposing abuses, supporting victims and survivors, and challenging impunity.

March 2026 On the occasion of the review of Chad’s third periodic report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee during its 145th session ...

The Executive Council of the OMCT wishes to inform you that our Secretary General, Gerald Staberock, will now be stepping down after 16 years ...

Resources / Reports / Five Strategic Priorities for the African Union to Prevent Torture and protect human rights defenfers in 2026 The African Union’s 2026 Theme of the Year — “Assuring Sustainable ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) expresses its grave concern at the escalating repression and widespread human rights violations committed by authorities in response to ongoing protests ...