Urgent campaigns
“Urgent Campaigns” has been one of OMCT’s principal activities since its founding. Its objective is to respond as quickly as possible to reports of grave human rights violations, in particular torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, received from members of the SOS-Torture Network and other partner organisations. By monitoring situations and anticipating events, “Urgent Campaigns” seeks to protect victims from further abuse, as well as to pressure governments to respect international human rights norms and prosecute the alleged perpetrators of the violations. [Read more…]
May 13, 2015 | Statements | Guatemala, Switzerland
March 25, 2015 | Statements | Colombia, Guatemala
March 11, 2015 | Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Mexico, Tunisia
September 25, 2014 | Human Rights Defenders, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Cambodia
July 7, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements
June 26, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements
June 26, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Colombia
June 26, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Mexico
June 26, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Côte d'Ivoire
June 26, 2014 | Assistance to victims, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Togo