Each year on 10 October, the world marks the International Day against the Death Penalty. Although there is a clear trend towards abolition, with five international instruments prohibiting its use and ...

Geneve-Paris, 12 May 2026 . The undersigned human rights organisations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the World Organisation Against ...

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is a non-governmental human rights organisation that was created in 1996 in Dharamsala, India. The organisation aims to protect the human ...

ACAT Canada is dedicated to fostering, encouraging, and promoting the protection of human rights through the abolition of torture. The organisation is operated by volunteers and bases its mission on ...

The South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre is a network of individuals that seeks to investigate, document, and disseminate information about human rights treaties and conventions, human rights ...

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights defenders at risk wherever they are.

A year ago, Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, died in the custody of the morality police after being arrested over alleged “improper” hijab in Tehran. Her death ignited a wave of ...

Who we are What is torture? Who are the torturers? Governance Team Offices Careers Annual reports What we do Committee Against Torture (CAT) Human rights defenders Counter-terrorism Indigenous peoples ...

Dans de nombreux pays, les autorités ne protègent pas les droits des citoyen·ne·s, voire les remettent en cause. Les défenseur·e·s des droits humains se mobilisent pacifiquement pour que soient ...

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, ...

Based on a comprehensive analysis of key indicators, the Global Torture Index assesses each country across three scoring dimensions — an overall country score, seven thematic sub-scores, and a ...