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The World Organization Againt Torture
Derechos Human Rights hosts a number of important human rights organization at our website. The information they offer is often very useful to human rights professionals, activists and the general public, and we are honored to have them in our midst. This section will introduce you to one of these groups and their very important work on each issue. You can find a list of all the organizations hosted at Derechos in http://www.derechos.org/index/ngo.html. If you would like your organization to be hosted at Derechos, please contact us.
The World Organization Against Torture - SOS Torture
http://www.derechos.org/omct/The World Organization Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture - OMCT, http://www.omct.org/) is an international network of over 200 local human rights organizations that works on behalf of victims of torture and other grave human rights violations. It carries out programs of assistance to victims of torture, facilitate the work of interstate institutions dealing with the protection and promotion of human rights, organize conferences and participate in investigative missions, among other activities. In addition, the OMCT runs the SOS-Torture network, an urgent appeal program that distributes urgent actions about human rights violations to organizations throughout the world.
Derechos hosts all urgent appeals from the SOS-Torture network at the website above. The appeals, available in English and Spanish, are organized by country. The most recent appeals are also available in a “current action” web page that encourages immediate response. In addition to their importance for timely action to cease human rights violations, the appeals reflect the state of human rights in the countries in question and are thus very useful to human rights researchers and activists alike.
