News
27 Nov 2024
Strengthening Multilateral Efforts to Curb Trade in Torture and Death Penalty Goods
On Wednesday 27 November 2024 Omega took part in an international Workshop “Strengthening Multilateral Efforts to Curb Trade in Torture and Death Penalty Goods” in Strasbourg hosted by the CoE Steering Committee for Human Rights for CoE member States, which was streamed online.
21 Nov 2024
Addressing the CTI Forum
Omega was grateful to the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) for the opportunity to address the CTI Forum this week.
20 Nov 2024
“I Was More Scared When I Got Released”: The Need to Implement the Convention against Torture
An interview with Resty Mark Prado and Florence Saucelo, from the Philippines, from our United Against Torture Consortium partners, IRCT
19 Nov 2024
Sharing knowledge on documentation of policing weapons in South Korea.
On 6 & 8 November 2024 Omega ran an online workshop on how to research and document the manufacture, export and use of South Korean policing equipment.
13 Nov 2024
UATC interview: ‘In the Philippines, Telling the Truth is a Challenge’
“If we will not investigate, who will?” asks Dr Benito Molino, whose evidence was crucial to the second-only conviction for torture under the Philippines Anti-Torture Act of 2009, despite a huge rise in torture over the past decade. Article 12 of the Convention Against Torture, turning 40 this year, obligates States to a “prompt and impartial investigation” to allegations of torture.