OMCT’s partners and SOS-Torture network members join the international community in celebrating the contribution of human rights defenders to the fight against torture and advancement of humanity on the
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Le Comité contre la Torture des Nations Unies (CAT) examinera le Niger les 26 et 27 novembre 2019. Pour mieux comprendre les enjeux autour de la question de la
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The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) will examine Niger on 26 and 27 November 2019. To better understand the challenges related to the issue of torture along the
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Emir Olivares Alonso, Periodista de La Jornada, México La víspera de la presentación del Primer Informe de Gobierno por parte del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el 1 de septiembre
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Emir Olivares Alonso, Journalist at La Jornada, Mexico On the night before the presentation of the First Governmental Report by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on 1 September, an unexpected
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In A.H. v. Switzerland, Communication no. 758/2016 (6 December 2018), the Committee found that the proposed expulsion would deprive the Mr. A.H. of the medical treatment necessary for his
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OMCT E-Bulletin April – May 2019 66th session of the Committee Against Torture This E-Bulletin is part of the OMCT’s “Convention Against Torture” Programme. OMCT mobilizes and coordinates activities of civil
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Israel’s Supreme Court has recently clarified, this time explicitly, that interrogational torture is lawful in certain circumstances in Israel’s legal system. The clarification came in seemingly marginal, perhaps even
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