1st TO 10th OF DECEMBER 2012

Torture and ill-treatment continue to occur all over the world and these human rights violations remain too often unpunished. 

Human Rights Defenders are the voice of those who are deprived of it because they are victims of torture, ill- treatment or summary execution.

OMCT has been supporting their brave fight for several years. From the 1^st to the 10^th of December, the organisation has decided to bring to light the struggle of these women and men against torture, by illustrating the challenges and the obstacles they face and the hopes and disappointments they encounter in their everyday life.

We will introduce you to 10 portraits over 10 days through faces representing five continents. 

We invite you to discover the daily work and fight of these human rights defenders. 

• Edeliza P. Hernandez / The Philippines
  Executive Director, Medical Action Group
• Igor Kalyapin / Russian Federation
  Founder and Chair, Interregional NGO «Committee Against Torture»
• Pierre-Claver Dekpoh / Togo
  Secretary General ACAT - Togo
• Franklin Castañeda Villacob / Colombia
  President Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners
• Kirity Roy / India
  Secretary MASUM
• Adam Bodnar / Poland
  Board Vice-president Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
• Saida Ali / Kenya
  Executive Director Coalition on Violence Against Women
• Luis Pedernera / Uruguay
  Child Rights Coordinator Institute of Legal and Social Studies of Uruguay
• Yuvuz Binbay / Turkey
  Founder and President SOHRAM-CASRA
• Radhia Nasraoui / Tunisia
  President Organisation Against Torture in Tunisia

Flash Mob OMCT  "Nothing can justify torture" - December 1st, 2012 - Geneva

International Human Rights Day - Flash Mob OMCT - Geneva - December 2012 from OMCT / SOS-Torture Network on Vimeo.

 

 

NOTICE : This document was realized with the financial aid of the European Union and the Foundation Oak. The content of this document lies in the responsibility of the OMCT only and cannot be considered as reflecting the position of the European Union or the Foundation Oak.