Attacks on the International Criminal Court (#ICC) undermine justice for victims of human rights violations globally.

DIGNITY joins civil society call on the EU to defend the ICC and the international rule of law amid serious attacks on the ICC’s mandate & mission.

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First-ever Police Interview Summit addressing the need to replace coercive, manipulative and confession-based interrogation with investigative and rapport-based interviewing as a means to ensure fair trials and prevention of torture and ill-treatment. It was a pleasure to present on these issues 🙏

Women in Corrections Conference 2025

Huge thanks to ICPA & Thailand Institute of Justice for hosting the first global #WICC2025. What a privilege to listen to global leaders in criminal justice & present the findings and standards on women in detention of @coe.int Cmttee on Prevention of Torture 🙏

📣 Exciting #job: Legal Advisor
Would you like to contribute to pursuing #justice and #accountability for torture and other intl crimes in #Belarus, #Palestine and #Ukraine?

👉 dignity.dk/en/job-openi...
📅 Deadline: 19 March 2025
🌏 Duty station: Copenhagen

After our 2 weeks’ fact-finding visit to #Georgia 🇬🇪 in Nov 2024, @coe.int Committee against Torture (CPT) returns to Tbilisi to examine how persons detained during the #GeorgiaProtests were treated by the #police & how investigations into reports of police ill-treatment are advancing. bit.ly/4hMi9wL

#Morocco 🇲🇦 | Together with the Ministry of Justice, DIGNITY is hosting a seminar on how best to prevent torture in #police custody and #prison and how to ensure effective investigations of allegations of #torture. Many thanks for inspiring exchanges 🙏 @danishmfa.bsky.social @dignity-int.bsky.social

🚨 Systematic torture across #Syria’s over 100 detention facilities!

This is the conclusion of a UN General Assembly mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria (IIIC). The torture includes severe physical, psychological and sexual abuse!
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#Saydnaya prison has fallen! For years it was known as the ‘human slaughterhouse’ in #Syria. Tens of thousands have been brutally tortured and killed in Assad’s prisons.

It’s crucial to secure the crime scene, preserve the evidence and bring the perpetrators of the Assad regime to justice.

#Egypt 🇪🇬 Today, president al-Sisi starts his official visit to #Denmark. Denmark has been spearheading the global fight against #torture at the UN for decades. The Danish govt must address Egypt’s widespread and systematic torture in police stations and prisons across the country. #dkpol

🎙️Podcast: What are the main challenges in #prisons across Europe? And where do we see the good practices? Hugh Chetwynd & I reflect on these Qs drawing on CPT’s findings across the 47 States parties to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. @coe
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