This practice constitutes a grave human rights violation and may amount to torture due to the suffering inflicted on both the ...

March 2026 As journalist and human rights defender Irfan Mehraj marks three years in arbitrary detention tomorrow, we the ...

Four years after the murder of the Nasa indigenous leader José Miller Correa, former councillor of the Association of ...

As 17 March marked 15 years of arbitrary detention of human rights defender Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace for his role in Bahrain’s pro-democracy movement, ...

On March 13, human rights activist Tolekan Ismailova was taken in for questioning by officers from the Bishkek City Main ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights ...

We, civil society across the globe - including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) ...

Fifty years have passed since Morocco’s military occupation of Western Sahara, yet the Sahrawi people remain deprived of their inalienable right to self-determination, in blatant violation of ...

Resources / Reports / Observatory Report: France: Dropping Out of Democracy. Obstructions to freedom of association and peaceful assembly A new report published on 25 September confirms an alarming ...

After 16 years of leadership, Gerald Staberock is stepping down from his role as Secretary General of the OMCT. The Executive Council has accepted his resignation and will oversee a smooth transition ...

Resources / Statements / Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll 15 January 2026 – As mass repression of protests and ...

Item 3: ID with the SR on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - Interactive Dialogue My name is Italia Méndez. In November 2023, together with torture survivors from ...