UK warns Beijing that attempts to 'intimidate or harm' individuals on UK soil will not be tolerated

ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.

BackgroundPrison overcrowding is a persistent and widespread problem in many regions of the world. It affects not only the amount of living space available to persons deprived of liberty, but the func...

The week of June 15th Omega together with Amnesty International France, attended Eurosatory 2026, a major defence and security exhibition held in Paris. Both organisations were there as independent mo...

Our joint statement to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) operates at a time of mounting global challenges. As conflicts proliferate, authoritarianism rises, and civic space continues to shrink, torture and other ...

After years of repression and a violent turning point in July 2024, Bangladesh is navigating a critical moment for human rights. Alvi Hakim is a legal and…

A joint statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Disappeared 2026.

Drawing on four decades of research on the health and human rights harms of CCWs, a team of PHR experts have documented injuries from these weapons and identified the prominent role certain lesser-kno...

Ask your government to back a global treaty to keep equipment like tear gas and pepper spray from getting into the hands of abusive police forces.

Statement from civil society organisations, including the United Against Torture Consortium

A year after a powerful noise sparked a stampede at a Belgrade vigil for victims of the Novi Sad station disaster – prompting speculation about use of a ‘sound weapon’ – Serbia’s institutions have not...

ICCL has written to the Acting Deputy Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Strategy and Governance, Paul Cleary, on the new taser pilot.

Between June and November 2025, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights implemented the project “Unlawful Use of Force by the Police or Other Government Officials in Serbia,” in response to escalating po...

From 01 June to 30 November 2025, the Cedar Centre for Legal Studies (CCLS) implemented a targeted support initiative for survivors of torture in Lebanon, funded by the Omega Research Foundation as pa...