International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) Updates

Five decades of terror, torture, arbitrary detentions and the killing of hundreds of thousands of Syrians ended with the toppling of the Assad regime earlier this week, leaving an entire country...

The undersigned civil society organisations call on State Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to support and join Lithuania’s referral, on 30 September 2024, to the Prosecutor of the...

En el marco de las protestas en el contexto post-electoral en Venezuela y ante el uso desproporcionado de la fuerza que se ha documentado por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad venezolanas, las...

In the context of the post-electoral protests in Venezuela and the documented disproportionate use of force by Venezuelan security forces, we, the undersigned organizations, demand respect for and...

6 May 2024— Ahead of the Sixth Senior Officials Meeting on 7 May in Brussels, the United Nations, international NGOs and Yemeni Civil Society Organisations urgently appeal for sustained support for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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 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...

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,...

The statement comes ahead of this week’s EU summit, following months of policies aimed at shutting migration routes across the Mediterranean at any cost.

The organisations express their grave concern about the direction the EU is taking by making deterrence and return the main objective of the Union's relationship with third countries.

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...

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...

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...

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...