Despite 175 countries ratifying the UN Convention Against Torture, this grave violation of human rights persists in prisons, public assemblies, armed conflicts, and daily police interventions. Torture ...

Resources / Reports / Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments Ten Burundian civil society organisations, under the coordination of ...

Ressources / Rapports / Burundi : Torture, disparitions forcées et exécutions extrajudiciaires persistent malgré les engagements de l’État Dix organisations de la société civile burundaise, sous la ...

The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Ssuuna James, a cyberactivist and human rights defender, founder and Executive Director of Freedom Hive Uganda, an ...

L'Observatoire a été informé de l’enlèvement, de la détention arbitraire et du harcèlement judiciaire de M. Ghislain Assy Yapo dit Duggary, instituteur et Secrétaire à la communication du syndicat « ...

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 ...

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

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

The Observatory has been informed of the ongoing harassment of 27 students at Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda, including Akiso Benjamin, the Guild President and a social justice and ...

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 ...

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, des organisations de défense des droits humains, dont la FIDH et l’OMCT dans le cadre de l’Observatoire pour la Protection des ...