On 7 June 2026, the Government of Bangladesh published two draft bills: the Prevention and Remedy of Enforced Disappearance ...

Sustained advocacy, legal action and international solidarity can help secure the release of arbitrarily detained human ...

Sustained advocacy, legal action and international solidarity can help secure the release of arbitrarily detained human ...

Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association ...

Roberta Metsola  President of the European Parliament  25 June 2026, Brussels  Dear President Metsola,  We, the undersigned organisations, are writing ...

On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we stand in solidarity with survivors worldwide and sound the ...

The second edition of the Global Torture Index highlights a marked disconnect between international legal standards and domestic legal frameworks on the one hand, and their persistent disregard in ...

On March 13, human rights activist Tolekan Ismailova was taken in for questioning by officers from the Bishkek City Main Internal Affairs Directorate. The day before, it became known that a ...

The Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel is an independent human rights organisation and legal centre founded in 1996 that works to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is one of Pakistan’s oldest and most respected independent human rights organizations. For more than three decades, it has worked to promote and protect ...

Based on a comprehensive analysis of key indicators, the Global Torture Index assesses each country across three scoring dimensions — an overall country score, seven thematic sub-scores, and a ...

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...