Assistance to victims of torture

OMCT’s urgent assistance to victims of torture is part of its global effort to ensure that victims of torture receive redress and rehabilitation by responding immediately in an effective and appropriate manner to their needs. OMCT is currently the only international non-governmental organisation to provide indispensable and urgent legal, medical and/or social assistance directly to women, men and children who have suffered, or are at risk of, torture. Thanks to the members of the SOS-Torture Network, OMCT is able to identify and assess requests for urgent assistance and grant the necessary aid in a very short time. [Read more…]

Assistance to victims of torture

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United States: OMCT submits amicus curiae brief to US Supreme Court in rendition law suit

Libya: OMCT and HRS obtained the condemnation by the UN Human Rights Committee of the Libyan Government for torture, enforced disappearance and subsequent death of Mr. Bashasha

26 June 2010 - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Victims reparation must be a reality

CINAT: Invitation to a parallel event: The Joint Study on Secret Detention: Insights from the Authors_2nd June 2010

Nicaragua: Nicaragua: OMCT Comunicado de prensa: Día Internacional en Apoyo a las Victimas de Tortura

Mexico: Amicus Curiae on the case Campo Algodonero: Claudia Ivette González, Esmeralda Herrera Monreal and Laura Berenice Ramos Monárrez against Mexico.

OMCT Holds Litigation Workshop, 6-9 May 2008

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: United Nations Finds Libya Responsible for Torture and Orders Compensation to Victim’s Family

OMCT Complaints Workshop - 6-8 November 2007

OMCT Complaints Workshop to hold Panel & Reception with Members of the Committee against Torture, Claudio Grossman, Nora Sveaass and Fernando Mariño Menendez

Omct complaints workshops

OMCT Holds Litigation Workshop, 10-12 July 2007

10 December, International Human Rights Day: CINAT Statement On Torture and Ill-Treatment.

26 June - UN International Day in support of victims of torture