World Organisation Against Torture - OMCT
WEBTorture isn’t rare - it’s happening every day, in every country and this is what you can do to contribute to its demise. Keep reading to learn more about how you can help. Join our mission. OMCT works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights defenders at risk wherever they are.
Our member directory - OMCT
WEBThe World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights….
Who we are - OMCT
WEBThe OMCT works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights defenders at risk wherever they are. Together, we make up the largest global group actively standing up to torture in over 90 countries. We work to protect the most vulnerable members of our societies, including women ...
Committee against Torture - OMCT
WEBThe United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) became fully operational in 2022 again after suspending its work during much of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some effects of the pandemic remained as not only had CAT members suspended their work, other protection systems at regional and country levels reduced their actions and fell short in preventing torture and providing support to survivors.
Victim support - OMCT
WEBThanks to our Fund for Urgent Assistance for Victims of Torture, we are currently the only international human rights NGO providing direct, multi-dimensional urgent assistance to victims of torture anywhere in the world. In 2021, we have disbursed funds for the social, medical and/or legal support of 125 victims in six countries. In Rwanda, three refugees from Burundi, who fled after being ...
Committee Against Torture (CAT) - OMCT
WEBThe UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) monitors the implementation of States Parties’ obligations under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The CAT was created in accordance to article 17 of the Convention against Torture. It is one of 10 treaty bodies attached to various human ...
Our network - OMCT
WEBThe 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, it was composed of 48 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Today, its over 200 members work in over 90 countries all over the world.
What we do - OMCT
WEBThe World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights…
Committee Against Torture - OMCT
WEBThe OMCT submitted seven alternative reports to the UN Committee against Torture.. In 2021, the work of the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) continued to be severely affected by Covid-19. The first CAT session of the year was scaled down again and the Committee decided not to conduct any State reviews online or to take any decisions on individual communications.
Seeking justice | OMCT
WEBIn the same vein, OMCT’s Tunisia office is acting as a civil party in seven emblematic cases of torture that have been in front of specialised criminal courts since May 2018 and are part of the transitional justice process on serious human rights violations perpetrated between 1956 and 2013. Unfortunately, torture goes unpunished most of the ...
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