Human rights defenders
Fighting for respect for human rights is a high-risk activity, and groups and individuals in more than 80 countries who commit themselves to this struggle are often targeted by State authorities and private groups. Human rights defenders are victims of threats, attacks, arrests, arbitrary detentions and acts of torture. Since its creation, OMCT has been a pioneer in the protection of human rights defenders by denouncing the repression to which they are subjected. In 1997, OMCT established the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in partnership with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). This unique collaboration is based on the complementary approaches of the two organisations and makes full and profitable use of their respective NGO networks. In 2007, OMCT established « Defend the defenders », a sponsorship project with Swiss personalities aiming at mobilising public opinion, the only counterweight to the arbitrary power of States. [Read more…]
The active filter is illustrated below, you can exclude a filtering condition by clicking on it
May 31, 2019 | Urgent Interventions
May 1, 2015 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Defenders | Statements
April 30, 2015 | Statements | Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda
December 11, 2014 | Reports and Publications | Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, European Union (EU), France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory , Poland, Serbia , Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
February 11, 2014 | Urgent Interventions
February 21, 2013 | Urgent Interventions