World Organisation Against Torture | OMCT
网页Torture 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
网页Who. we are. The 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 ...
Children | OMCT
网页The 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 ...
Committee Against Torture (CAT) - OMCT
网页The 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 ...
Torture and the law - OMCT
网页Torture 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
网页Careers. What we do. Committee Against Torture (CAT) Human rights defenders. Victim support. Seeking justice. Supporting the human rights movement. Enforced disappearances. Detention.
Our network - OMCT
网页The 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.
Women - OMCT
网页Women are the object, in their own homes, of beatings, rape, incest, and traditional practices such as honour killings, dowry-related violence, genital mutilations, son preference, and early marriages. Certain groups of women are particularly vulnerable to violence, such as those belonging to a minority, indigenous women, refugees, and women ...
Governance - OMCT
网页The OMCT commits to good governance and strives for the highest standards of management. Through systems of internal and external controls, we ensure responsible and efficient financial management of our resources (see our latest audited accounts here). We have clear policies preventing fraud, corruption, theft and conflict of interest.
Counter-terrorism - OMCT
网页In 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….
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