👏Congratulations to #Congo on ratifying Optional Protocol to Convention ag #torture #opcat . They commit to set up or designate national preventive body to visit places of #detention & allow the intl #SPT subcommittee to visit unannounced. 👏👏👏 ⁦UN Treaty Bodies⁩

👏👏👏 An excellent & effective way to help heal survivors of sexual #torture & can help pave the way to #justice
#Reparations to be paid to survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine theguardian.com/global-develop…

#Iran : Our impassioned plea to Iran not to execute #Toomaj_Salehi or to protect all other protesters from torture, reprisals, intimidation or death. #EndDeathPenalty #EndTorture

Consistent with my findings: UN identifies 85 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian troops in Ukraine in 2023 - Euromaidan Press euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/24/un-…

UN experts warn airlines they could be ‘complicit’ in human rights violations as Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum plan passes | Irish Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-…

Italy arrests 13 prison guards over suspected torture of juvenile detainees | Reuters reuters.com/world/europe/i…

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Statement on obligations of airlines and airline carriers, and links to previous communications to UK authorities - with Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture and UN Special Rapporteur on human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi
independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-…

#UK : In a joint statement we put airlines & aviation authorities on notice that by removing asylum-seekers to #Rwanda or any other country where they would be at risk of refoulement would violate the right to be free from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

#PopeFrancis appeals to countries at war to release prisoners and offers special prayers for those who have endured torture. Pope Francis #IsraelPalestineconflict #Ukraine RussianWar #Ukraine #freedom United Nations Human Rights Council Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture
ucanews.com/news/pope-offe…

🗓 Only one week to go before the deadline for contributions to my next report, on sexual torture in wartime - documenting, investigating and prosecuting crimes, rehabilitation for victims, and prevention! DEADLINE: 24 April.

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⚠️Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls, Mama Fatima Singhateh & Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture urge the Gov't of the #Gambia 🇬🇲 to uphold the ban on female genital mutilation - one of the most harmful forms of violence against women & girls with devastating physical & mental effects.

spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/… #EndFGM

No matter against whom torture is perpetrated, it is prohibited. It doesn’t matter what crimes that persons is suspected of committing. Torture is prohibited. Why? Because torture denigrates and dehumanizes us all! 👀Abu Ghraib civil case finally in court!

The 79th session of the #UN Committee against Torture starts today! Follow the debates live
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#CAT79

Waking up to another depressing day on the news cycle where too many people in all regions are suffering. As a world, we can & must do better. We need to find common ground & work from there to find #peace . That common ground includes laws agreed by ALL nations to stop #torture .

#CAT : The UN Committee against Torture will hold its latest session from 15 April to 10 May, during which it will examine Austria 🇦🇹, Honduras 🇭🇳, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, North Macedonia 🇲🇰and Finland 🇫🇮.

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#FGM - the mutilation of female genitalia - is #torture . I’m deeply troubled by plans to amend Ministry of Justice law to remove its abolition. A terrible step backwards from all the progress to end #torture after the end of dictatorship &ratification of UN Convention against Torture.