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…]
June 8, 2016 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Mexico
June 7, 2016 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns, Violence against women | Statements
May 30, 2016 | Urgent Interventions | Moldova, Republic of
March 17, 2016 | Human Rights Defenders, Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Urgent Interventions | Mexico
March 1, 2016 | Human Rights Defenders, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Colombia
February 24, 2016 | Human Rights Defenders, Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns, Violence against women | Events
September 25, 2015 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Honduras