NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY TORTURE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
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April 3, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Myanmar (ex-Burma)
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April 3, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Venezuela
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April 3, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Guatemala
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April 2, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Turkey
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April 2, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Guinea
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April 1, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements
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While welcoming the
current intentions in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on the early
release of prisoners due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the OMCT Europe urges
legislators to not discriminate against any group of inmates on the basis of
political opinion, ethnic, racial, religious differences or human rights
activism.
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March 31, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Turkey
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Geneva-Brussels, March 30, 2020 – The Hungarian Parliament is voting today on a draft law on the state of emergency in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic that would grant the Executive carte blanche to rule by decree for an indefinite period without meaningful legislative or judicial control. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) calls for the rejection of a bill that lacks essential safeguards for fundamental human rights and undermines the most essential tenets of democracy. It further urges European Governments to do everything in their power to keep the rule of law in Hungary. read more ...
March 30, 2020 | Press Releases | Urgent Interventions | Hungary
March 26, 2020 | Assistance to victims | Statements | Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo
March 11, 2020 | Press Releases | Statements | Venezuela
March 6, 2020 | Urgent campaigns | Statements | Iran
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak—qualified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO)—we, the undersigned organizations, express grave concern over the situation of detainees and prisoners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While certain states in the region have taken some positive steps to protect the general population, the prison population remains particularly vulnerable.
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March 1, 2020 | Urgent campaigns | Statements
March 1, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | India
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