Former UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez discusses the development of anti-torture tools and standards in the 40 years since the United Nation's adoption of the Convention against Torture.
El ex Relator Especial de la ONU sobre la tortura, Juan Méndez, analiza la evolución de las herramientas y normas contra la tortura en los 40 años transcurridos desde la adopción por las Naciones Unidas de la Convención contra la Tortura.
by Isabella Obara – Human Rights Lawyer, IMLU On the tragic nights of September 3rd and 4th, 2000, Bernard M’Mwirichia, the sole survivor of the King’ong’o Prison Massacre, witnessed the brutal killing of six inmates at Nyeri Prison in Kenya. The victims, Peter Loyara Lumukunya, James Irungu Ndugo, John Njoro… Read More
Today, REDRESS, the Global Survivors Fund (GSF), Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies at Gulu University launched a briefing paper that examines the Reparations Order issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in… Read More
In February 2024, the ICC delivered its largest Reparation Order in the case against Dominic Ongwen, awarding reparations to thousands of victims of his crimes. This briefing paper examines the Reparation Order and looks ahead to a survivor-centred implementation. Read More
Ahead of renewed mass protests in Kenya, the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) expresses its grave concern over clear and convincing evidence of the systematic torture and ill-treatment, extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances of protesters by Kenyan security forces. We call on the Government of Kenya to issue an… Read More
Français This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium’s Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture (1984-2024) by giving a voice to torture victims, experts, and activists. On the 24th December… Read More
English Cette interview fait partie de l’initiative multimédia Voices for Human Dignity du Consortium United Against Torture. Cette initiative célèbre le 40e anniversaire de la Convention contre la torture (1984-2024) en faisant entendre la voix des victimes de torture, des experts et des militants. … Read More