International and regional conventional and non-conventional human rights mechanisms monitor States’ international commitments. OMCT activity to that respect aims at facilitating access of victims and local NGOs to the mechanisms and provides them with legal and practical support. OMCT submits alternative information (statements, reports, follow-up notes and oral briefings) and individual complaints to United Nations protection mechanisms and to the American, African and European ones. In the framework of the follow-up process, OMCT pays a particular attention to the effective implementation by the States of the recommendations adopted by the United Nations Treaty Bodies (UNTB). On those activities, OMCT works in close partnership with members of its SOS Torture Network and other reliable field partners. [Read more …]
loading ...Note: The search will take into account your active filter. i.e. it will be performed within Monitoring protection mechanisms
The numbers on the right side shows how many new articles appeared in the last 7 days and the total number of articles. Active filters are colored in red.
Photos from the ESCR project. Click on a thumbnail to enlarge the photo. Also, please visit the entire OMCT Photo Gallery.
