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Turkey: Drop Bogus Charges against Istanbul Bar Association Leadership

January 2026 - The continued prosecution of the president and 10 executive board members of the Istanbul Bar Association, and ...
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Annual reports

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...
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Rapport annuel

28.01.25 Rapport AnnuelRapport Annuel 2024 ...
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It’s now (even more) official: torture is legal in Israel

Israel’s Supreme Court has recently clarified, this time explicitly, that interrogational torture is lawful in certain circumstances in Israel’s legal system. The clarification came in seemingly ...
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Ethiopia: Torture has worsened with the return of war

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and our network members, the Ethiopian human rights council (EHRCO) and the Association for human rights in Ethiopia (AHRE), have submitted an alternative ...
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China: Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression

Resources / Statements / China: Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression (July 7, 2025) Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human ...
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Somalie: Système juridique obsolète et manque de réparation pour les victimes de violence fondée sur le genre

Ressources / Rapports / Somalie: Système juridique obsolète et manque de réparation pour les victimes de violence fondée sur le genre Lors de sa 75e session, les 8 et 9 novembre 2022, le CAT a examiné ...
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Bangladesh: Violence and Shrinking Civic Space Threaten Democratic Transition

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) express ...
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Support to victims of torture

The OMCT’s Urgent Assistance Fund for Victims aims to respond quickly to the immediate needs of victims of torture and other ill-treatment worldwide. The objective is to help torture survivors get ...
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Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement.

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement. On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an ...
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Indice mondial de la torture : Les réalités de la torture des enfants

Mise à jour de cet article : l’Index mondial de la torture mentionné ici est désormais accessible au public depuis juin 2025. Vous pouvez explorer la plateforme via ce lien. En vertu de la Convention ...
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Western Sahara: Fifty Years of Occupation and Resistance

Fifty years have passed since Morocco’s military occupation of Western Sahara, yet the Sahrawi people remain deprived of their inalienable right to self-determination, in blatant violation of ...