Pedan Marthe Coulibaly, National Coordinator of the Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (CIDDH), partner of the OMCT SOS-Torture network, represented civil society at this session and now ...

THE OBSERVATORY KHM 001 / 0225 / OBS 006 Denial of entry / Harassment Cambodia 3 February 2025 The Observatory for the ...

Dear President von der Leyen, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, trade unions and civil society groups, urge the European Commission to take action to ban all trade and business between ...

Resources / Statements / Marking the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer amidst escalating persecution in Iran. Iran is one of the most dangerous countries for lawyers. According to the ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new ...

Resources / Statements / Urgent Call: Libyan Arab Armed Forces Must Be Held Accountable for Torture Crimes Committed in Garnada The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Libyan ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and acts of torture and ill-treatment against Mr Eron Kiiza, a lawyer involved in numerous public interest cases, ...

Perched atop an isolated mountain of Tunisia, far from modern infrastructure and amenities, a family survives in a fragile hut, exposed to the dangers of the wilderness. This is where Madame Sabah ...

We demand the immediate release of Moussa Tiangari, rights defender and General Secretary of the Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC) association, who was imprisoned on 3 January 2025 after a month in ...

In December 2024, three former members of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police were convicted by jury trial for the torture and killing of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a 38-year-old mentally-ill, black man.