Action files

The purpose of OMCT urgent appeals and action files is to halt or prevent torture or other forms of violence within OMCT’s mandate. This is done by calling for preventive and/or remedial action in relation to situations, policies or projects involving violations of economic, social and cultural rights that cause violence or that present a real and substantial risk of causing violence. This includes calling on governments or others to take protective action in relation to vulnerable groups or situations.

Action files: 15

Cambodia: Forced eviction of indigenous families from their ancestral lands

February 23, 2010  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Cambodia

Colombia: New health decrees jeopardise the life and health of millions of Colombians

February 19, 2010  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

Bangladesh: Reported extrajudicial killing in the Chakma Community, Chittagong Hill Tracts

July 14, 2009  |   Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Bangladesh

India: Ongoing risk of forced eviction of 5000 people in Howrah, West Bengal

January 23, 2009  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India

India: imminent forced eviction of 5000 people in Howrah, West Bengal

January 15, 2009  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India

Bangladesh: Arson attack on indigenous Jumma community in Sajek Union, the Chittagong Hill Tracts

August 29, 2008  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Bangladesh

India: Denial of the economic, social and cultural rights of the tribal peoples of Wayanad District, Kerala, risks generating further violence

August 18, 2008  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India

Kenya: Military action against the sabaot land defence force in Mount Elgon involves serious human rights violations against civilians

June 6, 2008  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Kenya

Bangladesh: Risk of violent suppression of public opposition to Phulbari coal mine project

December 21, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Bangladesh

Work with OMCT to address the poverty, inequality and discrimination that are root causes of torture

December 17, 2007  |  Events

India: another violent forced eviction by police in Kolkata, West Bengal

December 14, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India

Philippines: Mining activity on Sibuyan Island must be halted to prevent further killing and violence

December 12, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Philippines

Philippines: military activity seriously affecting the safety and wellbeing of rural communities in Surigao Del Sur

December 3, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Philippines

Sudan: ongoing violence against communities resisting dam construction in the Northern Nile Valley

November 30, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Sudan

India: Violence against and harassment of Dalit villagers involved in peaceful protest

October 4, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  India