Donate
Current search
There are 1 search results
- (-) Remove Europe filter Europe
- (-) Remove Worldwide filter Worldwide
- (-) Remove Torture Equipment filter Torture Equipment
- (-) Remove Trade filter Trade
- (-) Remove Loopholes filter Loopholes
Filter by Continent
Filter by Country
Filter by topic of interest:
- (-) Remove Loopholes filter Loopholes
- (-) Remove Torture Equipment filter Torture Equipment
- (-) Remove Trade filter Trade
Omega's publications provide researchers, policy makers and the media with information, data and policy recommendations which are independent and rigorously researched using open sources.
We work with an international network of partners and associates to disseminate our findings.
Omega's research, policy expertise and images have been used in a wide variety of reports, policy briefings and campaign materials by national, regional and international organisations including Amnesty International, the UN and the European Commission.
Omega's publications - and a selection of publications we have contributed to - can be can be found below for download. If you download a resource, please link to it from your website or share with your professional network.
Please contact us (info@omegaresearchfoundation.org) if you have any questions about our resources.
 Ending the Torture Trade: The path to global controls on the 'tools of torture' Omega-Amnesty report released ahead of ahead of a high-level UN meeting on the ‘torture trade’
Read More |
 Review of EU Anti-Torture Regulation and its implementation Findings and recommendations from Omega's review of the EU Anti-Torture Regulation
Read More |
 Response to the Working Group on Mercenaries call for submissions The evolving forms, trends and manifestations of mercenaries and mercenary-related activities
Read More |
 Monitoring Weapons and Restraints in Places of Detention: A Practical Guide. A Practical Guide and Pocket Book for Detention Monitors, Torture Prevention Bodies and other interested parties to assist in monitoring weapons and restraints in places of detention.
Read More |
 Preventing the Trade in Tools of Torture and Execution Visualisation setting out how trade controls form an important element in the fight against torture and can help states comply with human rights obligations, including the Nelson Mandela Rules
Read More |
 Manufacture, trade and use of 'tools of torture' in the Council of Europe, Revised June 2018 Revised Omega report seeking to encourage and inform a process undertaken by the Council of Europe to develop rules targeting the trade in security equipment that could be used to facilitate torture
Read More |
 Omega submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture Submission for Thematic Report on the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:Reaffirming and Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Read More |
 Manufacture, trade and use of ‘tools of torture’ in the Council of Europe Report seeking to inform the process undertaken by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to develop rules targeting the trade in security equipment that could be used to facilitate torture.
Read More |
 Briefing Paper: Use of Tools of Torture in OSCE participating States Exploratory investigation conducted by the Omega Research Foundation into the trade in and use of law enforcement equipment used for torture and other ill-treatment in OSCE participating States across several regions.
Read More |
 UN: Time to rein in the global trade in tools of torture Panel event organised by Omega and Amnesty International at the Human Rights Council on 3rd March 2017 urging governments to close loopholes in international trade law that allow the trade in equipment used to torture detainees. The original presentations are included.
Read More |
 Ending the Trade in Tools of Torture: Five Key Principles Ending the trade in tools of torture
Read More |
 Impact of Arms Transfers on Human Rights Response to OHCHR questionnaire to inform the report on the impact of arms transfers on human rights
Read More |
 EU: Time to eradicate the torture trade Press release urging the European Parliament to vote in favour of strengthening the European Union’s regulation combatting the trade in equipment that can be used to torture, ill-treat or execute people.
Read More |
 Europe's Trade in Execution and Torture Technology. May 2015. A joint Amnesty-Omega report highlighting the need for strengthened controls over the trade in torture and execution technologies by the European Union
Read More |
 Body-Worn Electric Shock Equipment. May 2015. Poster submitted to the 8th European Symposium on Non-Lethal Weapons, Ettlingen, Germany. The poster addresses concerns about their use, providing recommendations to states.
Read More |
 The need to include ammunition in the ATT. March 2013. This joint PRIO-Omega, argues that ammunition offers specific opportunities to meet the Treaty's principles, goals and objectives, particularly in terms of preventing atrocities.
Read More |
 Standards for appropriate selection and use. June 2012. Slide presentation on standards for appropriate selection and use of less lethal technologies, giving an overview of the “use of force” project and its focus.
Read More |
 No More Delays: Putting an end to the EU trade in “tools of torture”. June 2012. Joint report on the efficacy and implementation of Council Regulation (EC) which was presented to the Committee on Common Rules for Exports of Products.
Read More |
 Police use of force and less lethal weaponry. October 2011. Omega Research Foundation briefing for the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, as part of a European Commission funded 'use of force' project.
Read More |
 Arms for Internal Security: Will they be covered by an Arms Trade Treaty? June 2011. An Amnesty International report looking at proposals to extend the scope of the Arms Trade Treaty.
Read More |
 EU ban on the trade in 'tools of torture'. March 2010. Amnesty-Omega techincal report seeking to facilitate and inform an EU-led process currently assessing the implementation and effectiveness of EU Regulation 1236/2005.
Read More |
 Globalised trade needs global controls. Oct 2006. Control Arms argues that changing patterns of ownership and production makes national regulations insufficient in preventing arms from reaching the wrong hands.
Read More |
 Undermining Global Security: The European Union's Arms Exports. February 2004 An Amnesty International report analysing the European Union's arms exports (AI Index: ACT 30/003/2004).
Read More |
 The Pain Merchants. December 2003. This report shows why the manufacture, use and transfer of security and police technologies needs to be strictly regulated by governments using common criteria.
Read More |
 An appraisal of technologies for political control. January 1998. "An assessment of crowd control technology options for the European Union” grew out of a 1997 Science and Technology Options Assessment report in 1997.
Read More |