OMCT Activities

OMCT’s experience has enabled it to develop specific sets of activities aimed at reinforcing the SOS-Torture network and empowering and protecting its members. Likewise it engages in a range of activities aimed at eradicating torture and other human rights violations that fall within its mandate by means of prevention, denunciation, awareness raising, training, advocacy, proceedings against perpetrators, and assistance to and rehabilitation of victims.

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Angola:  From Theory to Practice - It's Time to Guarantee the Capacity of Human Rights Defenders to Act

May 22, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Angola

India:  Arbitrary detention of Mr. Abhay Sahoo

May 17, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India

Syrian Arab Republic:  Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges

May 17, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Syrian Arab Republic

Belarus:  Open Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Request to implement the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the case of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski

May 16, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Belarus

OMCT calls upon States to renew commitments in making the Convention against torture a reality worldwide

May 15, 2013  |   Monitoring Protection Mechanisms  |  Statements

Honduras:  Open Letter to the authorities: The Observatory requests protection and guarantees for Ms. Dina Meza before her return to Honduras

May 14, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Honduras

Congo, Democratic Republic:  Resumption of the trial on appeal of the assassination of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana amid increased harassment against defenders

May 14, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Congo, Democratic Republic

Tunisia:  Preventing torture goes along with a successful democratic transition

May 8, 2013  |  Statements  |  Tunisia

Colombia:  Threats against Mr. Héctor Enríquez Martínez and Ms. Ingrid Vergara, members of MOVICE

May 7, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

25th anniversary of the Committee against Torture: time for universal rejection of torture!

May 7, 2013  |   Monitoring Protection Mechanisms  |  Statements

Venezuela:  New defamation acts against Mr. Humberto Prado Sifontes

May 6, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Venezuela

Kyrgyzstan:  Open Letter to the authorities: Concerns over Article 12 of the draft Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on "Fighting Against the Legalization (Laundering) of Criminal Proceeds and the Financing of Terrorist or Extremist Activities"

May 6, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Kyrgyzstan

Tunisia:  Threats against the Tunisian Judge Kalthoum Kennou

May 3, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Tunisia

Mexico:  Joint letter to the Governor of the State of Guerrero with regard to the ongoing impunity in the extrajudicial killings of two students of the Normal Rural "Raul Isidro Burgos" school

May 2, 2013  |   Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Mexico

Brazil:  Investigation opened over suspicions of illegal intelligence activities by mining company against social movements and human rights defenders

May 2, 2013  |   Human Rights Defenders  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Brazil