World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
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The worldwide network of 200+ NGOs standing up against torture. OMCT is a member of the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium.
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Welcome to our Bluesky profile. OMCT's new platform to amplify the voices of torture survivors, highlight global struggles, and strengthen our global movement against torture.
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Welcome to our Bluesky profile. OMCT's new platform to amplify the voices of torture survivors, highlight global struggles, and strengthen our global movement against torture.
📲 Follow us and be part of the conversation.
✊🏻 Through the #UnitedAgainstTortureConsortium, OMCT joins
@redress.org and partners in supporting organisations like Citizens' GAVEL whose strategic litigation is challenging impunity and securing justice for survivors.
📽️ Watch the video to learn more.
@redress.org and partners in supporting organisations like Citizens' GAVEL whose strategic litigation is challenging impunity and securing justice for survivors.
📽️ Watch the video to learn more.
⛓️ Torture and unlawful detention persist in #Nigeria.
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
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Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
✊🏻 Through the #UnitedAgainstTortureConsortium, OMCT joins
@redress.org and partners in supporting organisations like Citizens' GAVEL whose strategic litigation is challenging impunity and securing justice for survivors.
📽️ Watch the video to learn more.
@redress.org and partners in supporting organisations like Citizens' GAVEL whose strategic litigation is challenging impunity and securing justice for survivors.
📽️ Watch the video to learn more.
📣 Job Opportunity
OMCT is looking for a Director of Finance for its 🇨🇭Geneva office!
💡If you are passionate about financial planning and management, and want to work at the intersection of budgeting, financial reporting, and human rights, this could be the opportunity for you!
OMCT is looking for a Director of Finance for its 🇨🇭Geneva office!
💡If you are passionate about financial planning and management, and want to work at the intersection of budgeting, financial reporting, and human rights, this could be the opportunity for you!
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📣 Job Opportunity
OMCT is looking for a Director of Finance for its 🇨🇭Geneva office!
💡If you are passionate about financial planning and management, and want to work at the intersection of budgeting, financial reporting, and human rights, this could be the opportunity for you!
OMCT is looking for a Director of Finance for its 🇨🇭Geneva office!
💡If you are passionate about financial planning and management, and want to work at the intersection of budgeting, financial reporting, and human rights, this could be the opportunity for you!
🇦🇱 #CAT83: As the final session drew to a close, Rapporteur B. Tuzmukhamedov raised concerns over the Italy–Albania migration protocol and conditions in these migration centres.
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🇦🇱 #CAT83: As the final session drew to a close, Rapporteur B. Tuzmukhamedov raised concerns over the Italy–Albania migration protocol and conditions in these migration centres.
🇪🇨 #Ecuador: La ocupación militar de los centros penitenciarios no combate la violencia, sino que ha causado una crisis sanitaria, que dejó 292 muertos entre enero y agosto de 2025.
🔗 Lee aquí el informe alternativo que CDHGYE y la OMCT enviaron al CAT-ONU: bit.ly/4iehvcK
🔗 Lee aquí el informe alternativo que CDHGYE y la OMCT enviaron al CAT-ONU: bit.ly/4iehvcK
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🇪🇨 #Ecuador: La ocupación militar de los centros penitenciarios no combate la violencia, sino que ha causado una crisis sanitaria, que dejó 292 muertos entre enero y agosto de 2025.
🔗 Lee aquí el informe alternativo que CDHGYE y la OMCT enviaron al CAT-ONU: bit.ly/4iehvcK
🔗 Lee aquí el informe alternativo que CDHGYE y la OMCT enviaron al CAT-ONU: bit.ly/4iehvcK
✍️ OMCT and UATC partners contributed to ACHPR Newsletter No. 18 on Police and Human Rights.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
✍️ OMCT and UATC partners contributed to ACHPR Newsletter No. 18 on Police and Human Rights.
🇲🇦 #FacesOfHope: For 15 years, journalist and human rights defender Mohamed Lamin Haddi has been arbitrarily detained in Morocco.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🇲🇦 #FacesOfHope: For 15 years, journalist and human rights defender Mohamed Lamin Haddi has been arbitrarily detained in Morocco.
🇪🇸 Fifty Years After Franco’s Death, Spain Must End Impunity and Repeal the Amnesty Law.
The #GlobalTortureIndex establishes that the risk of torture in Spain is moderate, but the country scores high risk for victims’ rights.
🔗 bit.ly/4ppTwd4
The #GlobalTortureIndex establishes that the risk of torture in Spain is moderate, but the country scores high risk for victims’ rights.
🔗 bit.ly/4ppTwd4
Fifty Years After Franco’s Death, Spain Must End Impunity and Repeal…
20 November 2025, Geneva/Brussels.- Today marks fifty years since the death of Francisco Franco. Three years ago, Spain adopted the Law on Democratic…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🇪🇸 Fifty Years After Franco’s Death, Spain Must End Impunity and Repeal the Amnesty Law.
The #GlobalTortureIndex establishes that the risk of torture in Spain is moderate, but the country scores high risk for victims’ rights.
🔗 bit.ly/4ppTwd4
The #GlobalTortureIndex establishes that the risk of torture in Spain is moderate, but the country scores high risk for victims’ rights.
🔗 bit.ly/4ppTwd4
🇦🇷 En #Argentina, las mujeres con familiares privados de libertad viven invisibilidad institucional y ausencia de políticas públicas.
En su informe al #CAT, @ACIFaDArg muestra los impactos del sistema penitenciario en sus vidas.
🔗 bit.ly/3LJ0ETb
En su informe al #CAT, @ACIFaDArg muestra los impactos del sistema penitenciario en sus vidas.
🔗 bit.ly/3LJ0ETb
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🇦🇷 En #Argentina, las mujeres con familiares privados de libertad viven invisibilidad institucional y ausencia de políticas públicas.
En su informe al #CAT, @ACIFaDArg muestra los impactos del sistema penitenciario en sus vidas.
🔗 bit.ly/3LJ0ETb
En su informe al #CAT, @ACIFaDArg muestra los impactos del sistema penitenciario en sus vidas.
🔗 bit.ly/3LJ0ETb
🇦🇷 En #Argentina, las políticas punitivistas de la administración Milei y la limitación de garantías han puesto a cientos de personas en riesgo de ser torturadas, como demuestra el informe al CAT de @CELS_Argentina @ACIFaDArg @XUMEKDDHH @acvi_ @ANDHES_org
🔗 bit.ly/43C73ph
🔗 bit.ly/43C73ph
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🇦🇷 En #Argentina, las políticas punitivistas de la administración Milei y la limitación de garantías han puesto a cientos de personas en riesgo de ser torturadas, como demuestra el informe al CAT de @CELS_Argentina @ACIFaDArg @XUMEKDDHH @acvi_ @ANDHES_org
🔗 bit.ly/43C73ph
🔗 bit.ly/43C73ph
🇦🇷 #CAT83: Yesterday, during the final session, experts raised serious concerns over Argentina’s “anti-picketing” protocol (Res. 943/2023), adopted by executive decree to regulate crowd control.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🇦🇷 #CAT83: Yesterday, during the final session, experts raised serious concerns over Argentina’s “anti-picketing” protocol (Res. 943/2023), adopted by executive decree to regulate crowd control.
🇮🇱 #CAT83: Yesterday, UN experts expressed deep concern over public statements by senior Israeli officials — including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir — that dehumanise Palestinians.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🇮🇱 #CAT83: Yesterday, UN experts expressed deep concern over public statements by senior Israeli officials — including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir — that dehumanise Palestinians.
🇦🇷 #CAT83: This morning, CAT experts raised grave concerns over alarming prison overcrowding in #Argentina, which has reached the highest incarceration rate in the country’s history.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🇦🇷 #CAT83: This morning, CAT experts raised grave concerns over alarming prison overcrowding in #Argentina, which has reached the highest incarceration rate in the country’s history.
🏆 Meet the Nominees of the Martin Ennals Awards 2025!
🇧🇷 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira (Brazil), 🇹🇳 Saadia Mosbah (Tunisia) and 🇺🇬 Aloikin Praise Opoloje (Uganda) are the awardees of the 2025 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders!
✨ Discover their inspiring stories here: bit.ly/4iddAwV
🇧🇷 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira (Brazil), 🇹🇳 Saadia Mosbah (Tunisia) and 🇺🇬 Aloikin Praise Opoloje (Uganda) are the awardees of the 2025 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders!
✨ Discover their inspiring stories here: bit.ly/4iddAwV
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏆 Meet the Nominees of the Martin Ennals Awards 2025!
🇧🇷 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira (Brazil), 🇹🇳 Saadia Mosbah (Tunisia) and 🇺🇬 Aloikin Praise Opoloje (Uganda) are the awardees of the 2025 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders!
✨ Discover their inspiring stories here: bit.ly/4iddAwV
🇧🇷 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira (Brazil), 🇹🇳 Saadia Mosbah (Tunisia) and 🇺🇬 Aloikin Praise Opoloje (Uganda) are the awardees of the 2025 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders!
✨ Discover their inspiring stories here: bit.ly/4iddAwV
OMCT urges UN Anti-Torture Committee to address the systematic use of torture and collective punishment against Palestinians.
Read our full statement: bit.ly/3JDhAtD
Follow the live CAT session on Israel: bit.ly/4nNKdCo
Read our full statement: bit.ly/3JDhAtD
Follow the live CAT session on Israel: bit.ly/4nNKdCo
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OMCT urges UN Anti-Torture Committee to address the systematic use of torture and collective punishment against Palestinians.
Read our full statement: bit.ly/3JDhAtD
Follow the live CAT session on Israel: bit.ly/4nNKdCo
Read our full statement: bit.ly/3JDhAtD
Follow the live CAT session on Israel: bit.ly/4nNKdCo
🇺🇳Today marks the start of the 83rd session of the UN Committee Against Torture #CAT83.
Experts will review:
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷Argentina
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇦🇱Albania
📷 Follow us for updates from Geneva, civil society voices, and key takeaways.
📷Live: webtv.un.org/en/search/ca...
Experts will review:
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷Argentina
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇦🇱Albania
📷 Follow us for updates from Geneva, civil society voices, and key takeaways.
📷Live: webtv.un.org/en/search/ca...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🇺🇳Today marks the start of the 83rd session of the UN Committee Against Torture #CAT83.
Experts will review:
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷Argentina
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇦🇱Albania
📷 Follow us for updates from Geneva, civil society voices, and key takeaways.
📷Live: webtv.un.org/en/search/ca...
Experts will review:
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷Argentina
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇦🇱Albania
📷 Follow us for updates from Geneva, civil society voices, and key takeaways.
📷Live: webtv.un.org/en/search/ca...
🇺🇳 Starting Monday, 10 November, the #UN Committee Against Torture begins its 83nd session, reviewing how 4 countries implement the Convention against Torture:
🇮🇱 Israel
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇦🇱 Albania
Follow us for updates from the Committee room, civil society briefings & key findings from #CAT83.
🇮🇱 Israel
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇦🇱 Albania
Follow us for updates from the Committee room, civil society briefings & key findings from #CAT83.
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📣 Job Opportunity – Consultancy
OMCT is looking for an expert consultant or company to enhance the visualisation, accessibility and user experience of the Global Torture Index webpage - a unique, data-driven tool, assessing and combating the risk of torture worldwide. 🌍
OMCT is looking for an expert consultant or company to enhance the visualisation, accessibility and user experience of the Global Torture Index webpage - a unique, data-driven tool, assessing and combating the risk of torture worldwide. 🌍
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📣 Job Opportunity – Consultancy
OMCT is looking for an expert consultant or company to enhance the visualisation, accessibility and user experience of the Global Torture Index webpage - a unique, data-driven tool, assessing and combating the risk of torture worldwide. 🌍
OMCT is looking for an expert consultant or company to enhance the visualisation, accessibility and user experience of the Global Torture Index webpage - a unique, data-driven tool, assessing and combating the risk of torture worldwide. 🌍
🇵🇭 «La violence et la torture policière sont fréquentes, que ce soit pendant l’arrestation ou en détention.»
Dans les «maisons de l’espoir» aux Philippines, les enfants subissent des traitements inhumains et cruels.
🔍 Découvrez notre chronique dans la Tribune de Genève
🔗 bit.ly/4hJNYY0
Dans les «maisons de l’espoir» aux Philippines, les enfants subissent des traitements inhumains et cruels.
🔍 Découvrez notre chronique dans la Tribune de Genève
🔗 bit.ly/4hJNYY0
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🇵🇭 «La violence et la torture policière sont fréquentes, que ce soit pendant l’arrestation ou en détention.»
Dans les «maisons de l’espoir» aux Philippines, les enfants subissent des traitements inhumains et cruels.
🔍 Découvrez notre chronique dans la Tribune de Genève
🔗 bit.ly/4hJNYY0
Dans les «maisons de l’espoir» aux Philippines, les enfants subissent des traitements inhumains et cruels.
🔍 Découvrez notre chronique dans la Tribune de Genève
🔗 bit.ly/4hJNYY0
🇨🇩 La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) dans l’Indice mondial de la torture
📊 L’Indice Mondial de la torture classe la République Démocratique du Congo comme à haut risque de torture.
📊 L’Indice Mondial de la torture classe la République Démocratique du Congo comme à haut risque de torture.
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🇨🇩 La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) dans l’Indice mondial de la torture
📊 L’Indice Mondial de la torture classe la République Démocratique du Congo comme à haut risque de torture.
📊 L’Indice Mondial de la torture classe la République Démocratique du Congo comme à haut risque de torture.
🇨🇩The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Global Torture Index
📊 The #GlobalTortureIndex ranks the Democratic Republic of Congo at high risk for torture.
📊 The #GlobalTortureIndex ranks the Democratic Republic of Congo at high risk for torture.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🇨🇩The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Global Torture Index
📊 The #GlobalTortureIndex ranks the Democratic Republic of Congo at high risk for torture.
📊 The #GlobalTortureIndex ranks the Democratic Republic of Congo at high risk for torture.
🇬🇪 On 27 August, the bank accounts of seven leading human rights organisations in Georgia were frozen as part of the systematic campaign to target and harass civil society organisations in the country.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🇬🇪 On 27 August, the bank accounts of seven leading human rights organisations in Georgia were frozen as part of the systematic campaign to target and harass civil society organisations in the country.