URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 002 / 0525 / OBS 023 Judicial and administrative harassment / Arbitrary detention / ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY GEO 002 / 0325 / OBS 015.1 Searches and seizure / Judicial harassment Georgia 2 May 2025 The ...

During the 82nd Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT) on Thursday, 24 April, and Friday, 25 April 2025, the CAT ...

During the 82nd Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT) on Wednesday, 23 April, and Thursday, 24 April 2025, the CAT ...

During the 82nd Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT) on Tuesday, 15 April, and Wednesday, 16 April 2025, the CAT ...

Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), no child should ever be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 37). Yet the ...

Please accept the warmest greetings from the undersigned human rights organisations. We are writing to express our concern about the recent acts of persecution and criminalisation directed by the ...

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, human rights organisations, including the FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, are warning of ...

The FIDH is an international human rights organisation that has been active since 1922 and is committed to the defense of civil, political, economic, and social rights.

Armel Niyongere, exiled Burundian lawyer and Secretary General of SOS-Torture Burundi, a member of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) SOS-Torture network, continues to denounce human rights ...

On April 26, 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement of his candidacy for a third term—contrary to the Constitution—marked the beginning of a severe political crisis in Burundi. The citizen ...