The United Against Torture Consortium condemns the ongoing judicial harassment, intimidation, and smear campaigns targeting human rights defenders and journalists in Georgia, including those monitoring police brutality and extracustodial torture and providing vital assistance to survivors of torture and other ill-treatment. Between November 2024 and February 2025, a nationwide wave of… Read More
In a ground-breaking ruling, senior UK judges have for the first time clarified what it means for UK intelligence services to be “complicit” in torture or other ill-treatment by foreign States during intelligence operations. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the UK’s tribunal overseeing complaints about intelligence agencies, has set… Read More
This submission offers evidence in response to the House of Lords Select Committee on International Agreements’ call for evidence in relation to their inquiry investigating the impacts and implications of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement for the UK. This submission addresses the question: What are the human rights implications of… Read More
By Alejandra Vicente, Head of Law As we marked the third anniversary of the Law on Democratic Memory, adopted by Spain on 19 October 2022, we are deeply concerned about the lack of effective investigations, prosecutions and sanction for cases of torture and other grave violations that took place… Read More
The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC), a coalition of six leading anti-torture organisations working with over 200 civil society organisations across the world, convened a regional partners’ meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, from 15–16 October 2025. Funded by the European Union since 2023, the UATC supports… Read More
In light of the elections on 14 October 2025 of Member States to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term, we urge that India’s membership be evaluated in light of the standard established by General Assembly Resolution 60/251. That resolution makes clear that Council members must… Read More
Survivors of serious human rights and international humanitarian law violations have a legal right to reparation, but in practice this is often inaccessible, leaving them without redress. This briefing examines how illicit assets linked to Syria’s civil war could be recovered and redirected to fund reparation for survivors. With a… Read More
Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa (Mr Nampa) challenged the routine use of physical restraints in Thai court proceedings after he was compelled to appear in leg shackles during his sentencing hearing. The case raises concerns about cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to a fair trial… Read More
