Urgent campaigns
“Urgent Campaigns” has been one of OMCT’s principal activities since its founding. Its objective is to respond as quickly as possible to reports of grave human rights violations, in particular torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, received from members of the SOS-Torture Network and other partner organisations. By monitoring situations and anticipating events, “Urgent Campaigns” seeks to protect victims from further abuse, as well as to pressure governments to respect international human rights norms and prosecute the alleged perpetrators of the violations. [Read more…]
November 2, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Cambodia
September 10, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Honduras
August 27, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Philippines
March 19, 2020 | Assistance to victims, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Press Releases, Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns, Violence against women | Statements
October 22, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Guatemala
October 4, 2019 | Urgent Interventions | Cambodia
August 19, 2019 | Urgent Interventions | Peru
August 13, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Urgent Interventions | India
August 1, 2019 | Urgent Interventions | India
July 23, 2019 | Statements | Egypt