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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Authorities in Niger must end prosecution proceedings against a group of human rights defenders arbitrarily detained in the country and ensure their immediate and unconditional release, 10 human rights organisations including Amnesty International, Tournons la Page, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and Front Line Defenders said ahead of the verdict in their trial, due next Tuesday. read more ...
July 23, 2018 | Human Rights Defenders | Statements | Niger
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The Observatory has been
informed by reliable sources about the imminent deportation of Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian nun who has lived in the
Philippines for almost 30 years, and is known as an advocate for agricultural
workers, indigenous peoples, urban poor, and peasants’ rights.
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July 20, 2018 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Philippines
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT partnership), expresses its concerns overthree pieces of legislation to be voted by the Hungarian Parliament on July 20-22, 2018, namely the draft Law onthe taxation of civil society organisations working with migrants and receiving foreign funding, the draft Law on the protection of privacy(T/706) and the draft Law on freedom of assembly(T/707). These laws are yet another example that migration is used as an excuse to silence civil society organisations and drastically reduce the space in which they are operating. In the same vein as the so called « Stop Soros » anti-immigration legal package, they are a testimony of the government’s clear standto systematically criminalise human rights defenders and civil society organisations working in defence of migrants’ rights.
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July 19, 2018 | Human Rights Defenders | Statements | Hungary
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July 17, 2018 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Chile
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July 19, 2018 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Links | Russian Federation
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July 19, 2018 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Links | Russian Federation
July 2, 2018 | Reports and Publications | Bangladesh
OMCT and its partners
Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture (ACAT),
Organisation suisse d’aide aux réfugiés (OSAR),
the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) and many others including NGO Platform
Human Rights, believe that Switzerland must make sure torture survivors are protected both from being retraumatized while interrogated in an inconsiderate fashion and from being pushed back home to more violence. That is part of States’ non-refoulement legal obligation.
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June 26, 2018 | Statements
June 26, 2018 | Statements | Bangladesh
26 de junio de 2018.- Hoy hace 21 años la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas proclamó el 26 de junio como el Día Internacional de Apoyo a las Víctimas de la Tortura. En Colombia, miles de personas han sufrido desde entonces sufrimiento físico o psicológico, intencionalmente infligido, con fines de discriminación, de persecución política, de sometimiento de la población carcelaria, de represión de la protesta o como mecanismo de control social. Hasta el momento, el Estado no ha ofrecido una respuesta satisfactoria frente a estos atentados contra la dignidad de las personas. read more ...
June 26, 2018 | Statements | Colombia
Ginebra – Ciudad de Guatemala, 25 de junio de 2018.- Una delegación internacional compuesta por expertos internacionales e integrantes de organizaciones de derechos humanos que provienen de Argentina, Guatemala y Suiza
[1] ha visitado Honduras entre 18 y el 22 de junio de 2018 para verificar la situación de la tortura en el país y las medidas adoptadas por parte de las instituciones del Estado para erradicarla y garantizar el acceso a la justicia y reparación de las víctimas.
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June 25, 2018 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Honduras
We are writing to you in advance of the European Council on 28 and 29 June. As you are aware, the EU’s external actions should be based on its values as set out in Article 21 of the Lisbon Treaty and which have led to a number of international commitments on development, humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding, gender equality, rule of law, and human rights and democracy. We hope that you will find time during your upcoming discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to reflect on these commitments, including the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Agenda for Humanity, the Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, and the European Consensus on Development. read more ...
June 22, 2018 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | European Union (EU)
Desde hoy lunes, 18 de junio, hasta el viernes, 22
de junio de 2018, una delegación compuesta por expertos internacionales visita
Honduras para conocer la situación de la tortura en el país y las medidas
adoptadas por parte de las instituciones del Estado para erradicarla y
garantizar el acceso a la justicia y reparación de las víctimas.
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June 19, 2018 | Statements | Honduras
Representatives of 42 international and national
non-governmental organizations issue the appeal to the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to request the appointment of a
Rapporteur to examine the situation of political prisoners in
Azerbaijan.
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June 13, 2018 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Urgent Interventions | Azerbaijan
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