Monsieur le Haut Représentant / Vice-Président de l’UE, Mesdames et messieurs les Ministres des Affaires étrangères des États membres de l'UE, Alors que l’Union européenne (UE) et ses Etats membres...
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The European Union must appoint an EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region to correct the inconsistencies in its foreign policy
Mr High Representative / Vice-President of the EU, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU Member States, While the European Union (EU) and its Member States affirm in their renewed strategy for the...
UATC Human Rights 75 Pledge for a torture-free world
December 2023 We have come a long way. A broad legal consensus exists regarding the absolute prohibition against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, recognised as a...
Civil society statement delivered at the informal consultation on the draft resolution on Sudan
On 3 October 2023, a joint statement was delivered by ISHR on behalf of a group of Sudanese, regional and international organisations during the informal on the draft resolution ‘Responding to the...
Concerns about the non-renewal of UNITAD’s mandate in Iraq [EN/AR]
We, the undersigned organizations, have been made aware of highly concerning news that the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL’s (UNITAD)...
Statement on the implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law
NGOs and experts raise concerns over requirement for survivors to file criminal complaints to receive reparation Experts and Non-Governmental Organisations welcomed the adoption by Iraq of the Yazidi...
Torture Prevention and Accountability in Uganda
Torture continues to be frequently practiced in Uganda, despite a robust legal framework prohibiting it. In most cases, torture happens at the hands of the police. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a...
Joint Call for a Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council and Individual UN Member States [EN/MY]
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council and UN member states to urgently institute a coordinated, global arms embargo on Myanmar in response to the February 1,...
Let us be proud of Europe: more than 160 NGOs call on EU to lead by values, not fear, in migration response
EU leaders must live up to their commitments to European values in responding to migration and stop copying xenophobic populist recipes, more than 160 NGOs said today in a joint statement. The...
World + 5 more
Reject dangerous migration response plan, more than 100 NGOs tell EU leaders
Joint NGO statement ahead of the European Council of 28-29 June 2016 NGOs strongly condemn new EU policies to contain migration At the upcoming European Council, European Union (EU) leaders will...
Syria + 2 more
Access to treatment crucial for Syrian torture survivors
As Baroness Amos, the UN under-secretary general and emergency relief co-ordinator arrives in Damascus, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) has warned that many...
International Day in Support of Torture Victims to be marked across the globe
Copenhagen, 25 June 2012 Tomorrow, 26th June 2012, will see hundreds of organisations all over the world mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The day also marks the 25th...
Countries must sign new UN child's rights protocol, says the IRCT
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) – the global umbrella body for 150 rehabilitation centres in 74 countries today called for States to sign the new Optional Protocol...
New evidence reveals torture of Iraqis detained by Danish troops
The results of forensic examinations of Iraqi citizens detained by Danish troops and transferred to Iraqi security forces have revealed that they were tortured. The forensic examinations were...
OPT: Journal puts spotlight on child victims of torture
Children are torture's hidden victims. They are taken in for petty crimes and forced to confess under torture. Sexually tortured by soldiers as a cheap method of warfare against whole populations...
oPt: Amid intense bombings Gaza's children suffer serious mental trauma
Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza is causing widespread mental trauma, especially among children. In parallel, delivery of desperately needed emergency mental health services has ceased. Since its...