World Organisation Against Torture | OMCT
OMCT works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights defenders at risk wherever they are.
Who we are - OMCT
The OMCT works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights defenders at risk wherever they are. Together, we make up the largest global group actively standing up to torture in over 90 …
Our network - OMCT
The SOS-Torture Network is at the heart of the OMCT and is the currently the most important global network striving to put an end to torture and protect human rights defenders. At the outset, in 1985, it was composed of 48 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Today, its over 200 members work in ...
What we do - OMCT
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights…
The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH) and Partners Launch the… | OMCT
Geneva (13 December). A collective of local, regional and international human rights organisations unveils SOS-Defenders, an action platform that exposes the alarming scale of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide.This information hub, which will progressively expand to cover more countries, has already documented 274 cases of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders ...
Take Action - OMCT
Every day, human beings are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment. Those who defend them are threatened, arrested or risk death. Sharing their stories, writing to decision makers highlights their plight and adds pressure for them to be safe.
Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review …
15 December 2024: On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals worldwide, urge United Nations (UN) member states to express their concern over this continuing crime and to call for the prompt resolution of …
Committee Against Torture - OMCT
The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) is an unprecedented partnership that brings together the OMCT, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), the International Federation of ACATs (FIACAT), Omega Research Foundation and REDRESS, launched on 26 June 2023.Funded by the European Union, the UATC is implementing ...
Resources - OMCT
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights…
Annual Report 2023 - OMCT
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights…