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.
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 (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.
Torture and the law - OMCT
WEBTorture is the infliction of extreme suffering upon men, women and children. It does not extract useful information, as people may give any answer to stop excruciating pain. Torture and other ill-treatment are about power relations and humiliation. They break people and their families. They brutalise societies by creating an atmosphere of fear ...
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…
Migration - OMCT
WEBOne in 30 people in the world is a migrant. This is why the OMCT and its global SOS-Torture Network work together to protect migrants from torture. They conduct detailed research and make recommendations that go beyond the humanitarian consequences of forced displacement, to improve the protection of migrants against torture and ill-treatment.
Children | OMCT
WEBThe OMCT, through its Child Protection Against Torture Programme, currently works to prevent and protect children from torture and ill-treatment in six priority countries: Benin, Brazil, India, the Philippines, Togo, and Uruguay. A wreath of flowers is placed at the crime scene where 17-year old Kian delos Santos was killed by three policemen ...
Take Action - OMCT
WEBYour donation allows to assist the victims and survivors of torture as well as those who defend them. It also helps ensure respect for the protection of human rights, both in the law and in practice. Your donation makes a difference. Learn all about how you can join the fight against torture and support human rights defenders around the world...
Counter-terrorism - OMCT
WEBIn Tunisia and elsewhere, the OMCT engages in a dialogue with the authorities to search for ways to reconcile justified counter-terrorism measures with respect for the rule of law. It is in our common interest to stop those who kill and mutilate innocent people. The problem is that many States are taking advantage of the legitimate….