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URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY New information THA 002 / 1025 / OBS 038.8 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Judicial ...
The OMCT condemns the US decision to place the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, ...
Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United ...
Guatemala: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and other human rights organisations and ...
Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution ...
KEN 001 / 0725 / OBS 040 Deportation Kenya 9 July, 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a ...
The World Organisation Against Torture Office in Geneva is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic intern with a strong commitment to human rights and social justice causes to be part of a ...
On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ...
The OMCT and the Vietnamese Advocates for Change (VAC) have submitted a joint report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its review of Viet Nam’s compliance with the International ...
Resources / Reports / Protesting without fear: A policy framework to end torture and ill-treatment in the context of protests The absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment extends beyond ...
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists. We specifically urge the ...
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed proclamation that, if passed, would significantly restrict the independence, ...