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The undersigned organisations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), call for ...
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework ...
The OMCT denounces the sanctioning of credible and legitimate Palestinian organisations that document torture, atrocities and ...
The OMCT together with over 100 Afghan and international civil society organisations reiterates its deep concern over the ...
According to reports, more than 50 boats of humanitarian activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla - coordinated by the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the ...
The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH), and the other signatories strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools ...
In 2024, a coalition of organisations fighting for social justice and the end of torture, led by the Center for Justice for ...
This report provides an overview of the scale and nature of human rights violations suffered by people on the move residing in or transiting ...
Brussels, 2 September 2025 - We, the undersigned human rights organisations, express deep concern over recent developments in Kazakhstan, where authorities have announced further steps toward drafting ...
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY GEO 005 / 0925 / OBS 052 Arbitrary detention / Restriction to access healthcare / Stigmatisation / Judicial harassment ...
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...
Turkey has been employing counter-terrorism and national security legislation to restrict rights and freedoms and silence the voices of human rights defenders, the World Organisation Against Torture ...