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Joint Statement | Lebanon: Seven Years of Enacting a Torture Law without Effective Implementation
On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ...
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Ethiopia: New Draft Law Threatens to Dismantle Civil Society
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed ...
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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 places of deprivation of liberty; it also applies in extra-custodial ...
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OMCT Global Torture Index: Alarming Patterns of Police Violence and Systemic Impunity Worldwide
On the eve of the United Nations Day for Victims of Torture, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) launches the ...
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Viet Nam: Systematic Repression and Torture Detailed in UN… | OMCT
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 ...
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Fundraising intern (Geneva office) | OMCT
The World Organisation Against Torture Office in Geneva is seeking to recruit an intern for its Development Team, to provide increased capacity for researching new funding opportunities, supporting ...
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OMCT | Le Comité des Nations Unies contre la torture (CAT)
Le Comité des Nations Unies contre la torture contrôle la mise en œuvre des obligations des États parties à la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou ...