Under the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules ), it is defined as the confinement of ...

Geneva-Paris, 19 December 2025 - At the end of November 2025, unidentified individuals and state authorities physically ...

TUR 001 / 1225 / OBS 080 Arbitrary dissolution / Obstacle to freedom of association / Judicial harassment Turkey 19 December ...

More than 50 people were arrested, including five women human rights defenders, while they were taking part in a ...

Across every region, human rights defenders (HRDs) continue to be arbitrarily detained for their work, sometimes for days, ...

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the undersigned organizations express deep concern over the ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Human Rights Law Chambers welcome the landmark decision delivered by the ...

Americas In November 2025, Colombia ratified the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), after 23 ...

The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) has escalated its repression of civil society organizations that work ...

As today marks International Human Rights Defenders Day, this interview with Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur ...

December 2025 . On the 13-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone , we, ...

Statement The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expresses its profound alarm at the Tanzanian authorities’ decision ...