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Geneva, 26 January 2017 - Dictator Yahya Jammeh has reigned for 20 years over Gambia – a reign that saw the widespread u...

An op-ed by Pamela Capizzi The country showed no sign of improvement in 2016, perpetuating a detrimental situation for...

Geneva, 18 January 2017 - The case against Khaled Nezzar was opened by the Office of the Attorney General (MPC) of Switz...

For the first time in Nepal, torturers have been ordered to pay compensation to their victim. Unfortunately, they also...

The government’s proposal to criminalize torture is riddled with loopholes, as illustrated in the fictitious case of hum...

On 29 November 2016, after almost 12 years of court hearings, the case of Mr. Naït-Liman experienced an important turnar...

          An Op-Ed by Valérie Paulet Despite his acquittal, the trial of Colonel Ku...

A recent decision of the Committee against Torture confirmed that States must do much better than vague promises to uph...

Nepalese colonel Kumar Lama has been acquitted of the charges of torture he faced in the United Kingdom. On 6 Septemb...

An op-ed by Helena Rodríguez-Bronchú Carceller “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless th...

Burundi must put an end to ethnic violence and the use of force against protesters, and report in October on its fight a...

An op-ed by Pamela Capizzi Burundi deserted its examination before the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) m...