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📣 New post!
Read the new blog from our partners WAVE Gambia on our website & learn about their work training law enforcement officers in The Gambia on international and national human rights standards: omegaresearchfoundation.org/.../spotligh...
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Meeting number: 2744 095 8750
Password: 8neBMkKSm88
📺 Or watch @irct.bsky.social's live stream at www.YouTube.com/@IRCT
Co-sponsored by 🇨🇱Chile, 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇪🇺European Union & 🇨🇭Switzerland

🕰️ 1300-1400 CET
📍 Room IX, Palais des Nations (& online!)
🇺🇳 Speakers will include torture survivors Donatien Ndabigeze, Italia Mendez, and Shireen Khudeeda, with remarks from UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Alice Edwards and H.E. Ib Petersen, Ambassador of Denmark.

✨ Today in Geneva & online: join the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium for the launch of the Charter of Rights of Victims of Torture.

🔗 More information on projectile electric shock weapons, like Tasers, on our website: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/e...

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

🇮🇪 We have added our support to this letter from our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social to the Acting Deputy Commissioner of An Garda Síochána about the new Taser pilot in Ireland. Read the letter & learn more about our shared concerns: www.iccl.ie/police-justi...

📢 Save the Date!
🗓️ Tuesday 3 March 1300 CET
❓ Launch of the Charter of Rights of Victims and Survivors of Torture
👉 Meeting is in-person and online. Links to follow!
🙏 Please share!

#UnitedAgainstTorture @irct.bsky.social @omctorg.bsky.social @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social

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Spotlight on our partners: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights - Omega Research Foundation 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...

📣New post! Read the new blog from our partners Belgrade Centre for Human Rights & learn about their work to address the unlawful use of force by police or other state officials in Serbia, responding to police use of force during mass student-led protests:🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/spotlig...

Spotlight on our partners: Cedar Centre for Legal Studies - Omega Research Foundation 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...

New blog alert! Read the new post from our partners Cedar Centre for Legal Studies where you can learn about their work to address the unlawful use of force by police or other state officials in Lebanon: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/spotlig...

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💬 The session will conclude with an interactive Q&A
🌐 Interpretation available in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Ukrainian

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🎙️ Speakers include:
🔸Helen Close, Omega Research Foundation
🔸Ogoke Ngozi Gladys, @irct.bsky.social Survivor Advisory Board Member
🔸Renata Politi, @redress.org Legal Advisor
🔸Pornpen Noinoi Khongkachonkiet, Cross-Cultural Foundation Thailand Director

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Accountability for Torture in the Context of Protests . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This webinar will explore strategies for documenting and addressing torture in the context of protests. It will convene practitioners, civil society organisations, and survivors to examine what consti...

Join this webinar bringing together experts, civil society, & survivors to discuss:
🔍 How torture manifests in protest contexts
🛠️ Documentation tools & investigative challenges
⚖️ Legal avenues & accountability mechanisms available to survivors
🔗: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

💻WEBINAR: Advancing Accountability for Torture in the Context of Protests
Across the world, protesters face excessive force, torture, and other ill-treatment, often outside detention settings and with little accountability. How can these violations be documented, and what pathways to justice exist?

NSW police punch man multiple times during Sydney anti-Herzog protest YouTube video by Guardian Australia

You can also watch the @australia.theguardian.com video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz2L...

Resources - Omega Research Foundation We have resources to help human rights defenders monitor, document, and identify law enforcement weapons and equipment.

Learn more about the international human rights standards around use of force: omegaresearchfoundation.org/omega-resour...

Video available via Guardian Australia (📸 used above is a still from the video) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New South Wales police are bound by the principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality in their use of force. We call on Australian authorities to ensure that all officials are held accountable for any use of force, and to guarantee effective and independent investigations.

This appears to be a case of excessive, unjustified, and unlawful use of force by New South Wales police. It should be investigated as a possible case of #torture or other ill-treatment, which would be a crime.

🇦🇺 We’ve seen concerning videos of police use of force during protests in Sydney, #Australia, including footage that shows two officers repeatedly (at least 20 times) punching a person who has been restrained face down on the ground.

Chemical Irritants - Omega Research Foundation

🤝 We join our colleagues across many other organisations in expressing our concern & will continue to monitor reports of use of PAVA against children.
🔗 Learn more about our concerns around the use of chemical irritants, such as PAVA: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/c...

🚫 PAVA has not been tested as safe for use against children. It should not be authorised for use in places where children are detained: use against children is against international human rights law & standards inc UN criminal justice standards for the treatment of children deprived of their liberty

Pepper spray use at young offender institutions in England ruled legal Howard League charity fails in battle to halt government’s decision to make Pava available to prison staff

⚖️ We note the disappointing decision of the high court, last week ruling that the rollout of PAVA into some young offender institutions is lawful: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Iran: Accountability for Unlawful Use of Force Against Protesters UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible evidence that…

🇮🇷 Read the new statement on #Iran from #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium members
@irct.bsky.social, @redress.org, @omegarf.bsky.social, and OMCT ⬇️
🔗 bit.ly/4r4KJOa

IRAN:  ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS   - Omega Research Foundation UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible evidence that Iranian security forces used indiscriminate an...

🇮🇷 Read the new statement on #Iran from #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium members @irct.bsky.social, @omctorg.bsky.social, @redress.org, & Omega:
🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/iran-ac...

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• Practical methods for identifying & documenting weapons & incidents
• Guidance on legal standards & accountability pathways
• Strategies for using evidence to support victims, influence policy, & prevent harms
• Tools to campaign against inherently abusive equipment & protect the right to protest

Our new guide outlines how evidence gathered on the ground can drive real change - strengthening justice efforts, stopping the trade in torture equipment, & mobilising public awareness & support.

📌Inside the guide, you'll find:

Challenging Repression: A Guide to Addressing the Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests - Omega Research Foundation

✊Excessive force at protests must end.
Challenging & preventing misuse of police weapons starts with evidence. Documenting abuses is essential to demand accountability.
📘 Read our guide to addressing misuse of police weapons at protests: omegaresearchfoundation.org/reports/chal...

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