Let’s stand together against torture: Join #HumansAgainstTorture
Torture can hit anyone, anywhere – women, men and children. It causes pain that will never go away. Governments have the means to stop torture but fail to use them. The onus therefore is on each and everyone of us to demand that torture stops. [Read more …]
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The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the ongoing
judicial harassment against two land rights defenders, Messrs. Toe Gyi
and Myo Win, leaders of the Mandalay-based Farmers Network Interest of
Farmers and Labor (FNI-FL), and 11 farmers, including the arbitrary detention
of Mr. Toe Gyi and nine of the farmers. read more ...
August 18, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Myanmar (ex-Burma)
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August 18, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Burundi
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The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources
about threats and acts of intimidation against Ms. Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Secretary General of the human rights NGO
“Karapatan”. read more ...
August 17, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Philippines
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The Observatory has been informed by reliable
sources about the sentence against student and pro-democracy activist Mr. Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa (aka Pai), a
member of the Dao Din group
and the New Democracy Movement (NDM). On August 15, 2017,
following a closed-door hearing, the Khon Kaen Provincial Court sentenced Mr.
Jatuphat to five years in prison under Article 112 of the Criminal Code
(lèse-majesté). read more ...
August 17, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Thailand
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Paris-Geneva, August 16, 2017 – One week after the elections, Kenya’s NGO
Coordination Board de-registers the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and
the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and instructs authorities to
restrain their work. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights
Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership), denounces this as a retaliation against
the involvement of both organisations in monitoring the elections.
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August 16, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Kenya
Our amicus curiae addresses the connection between torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment (CIDT) and the prohibition of abortion based on international human rights law. International human rights instruments and authoritative interpretations thereof by United Nations (UN) expert bodies and regional courts recognize that women and girls have a right to decide independently about reproduction including abortion. Where access to safe and legal abortion is restricted a number of human rights may be at risk first and foremost the right to privacy, liberty and the right to health. A blanket ban not allowing for abortion in case of rape or incest, when the woman’s life or health are at risk, or the fetus is unviable, may give rise to situations that constitute torture or CIDT. We submit that international human rights standards, in particular the absolute prohibition of torture and CIDT, should inform the interpretation of Chile’s abortion regulation.
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August 10, 2017 | Reports and Publications | Chile
July 12, 2017 | Urgent campaigns | Urgent Interventions | Congo, Democratic Republic
Thirty-three human rights NGOs have sent an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, urging him to help ensure the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. read more ...
July 12, 2017 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Urgent Interventions | Azerbaijan
Ginebra-Bogotá, 11 de julio de 2017. La Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y la Coalición Colombiana contra la Tortura (CCCT) concluyen la misión de evaluación sobre el cumplimiento de los compromisos internacionales contraídos por parte de Colombia para erradicar la tortura y otros malos tratos.
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July 11, 2017 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Colombia
The following submission has been prepared by the Justice Project Pakistan(JPP), World
Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and Reprieve for submission to the 120th session of the
Human Rights Committee (HRC). The report comments on the Government of Pakistan’s Initial
Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) particularly with
regards to its failure to fulfill its obligations with respect to its application of the death penalty
and police torture. The report supplements the information contained in the submission made
by the parties to the HRC for the List of Issues (LOIs) and is meant to be read in conjunction
thereof.1 read more ...
July 7, 2017 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications | Pakistan
June 12, 2017 | Reports and Publications | Burundi
June 1, 2017 | Reports and Publications | Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan
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