News
04 Feb 2025
Annual Report and Accounts 2024
Omega has published our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024.
30 Jan 2025
Rick Seccombe obituary
10 Jan 2025
Justice for Genivaldo
In December 2024, three former members of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police were convicted by jury trial for the torture and killing of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a 38-year-old mentally-ill, black man.
06 Jan 2025
Georgia: Preliminary Findings on the Investigation of Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Protesters from 28 November to 20 December 2024
From 10-24 December 2024, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), together with its Independent Forensic Expert Group (IFEG), and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) conducted a joint mission to Tbilisi with the support of GYLA, GCRT, HRC and other Georgian organisations. Omega Research Foundation assisted this mission with research.
10 Dec 2024
Looking Back on 40 Years of the Fight Against Torture with the Chair of the Committee Against Torture
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture. Claude Heller, Chair of the Committee against Torture, the UN body of rights that monitors states' compliance with the Convention Against Torture, reflects on the Committee’s achievements and his vision for the future.