✨ It's #VolunteersWeek & we want to acknowledge the enormous impact of our student volunteers & interns over the past year.
🤝 Thank you all so much for your commitment to human rights & your support of our work!
📣Side event to the 35th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice organised by Brazil with the UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section
⏰Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 15.00-16.00CET
💻Hybrid – in person & online
🔗Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7e2353...
Omega Research Foundation
Omega Research Foundation
🇧🇩 Alvi Hakim is a legal and operations advisor at the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), partner of OMCT within the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium.
🎥 In this interview, he shares his perspective on a country at a crossroads, and why he still sees grounds for hope.
After years of repression and a violent turning point in July 2024, Bangladesh is navigating a critical moment for human rights. While the scale of abuses remains stark, signs of change are beginning to emerge, from a landmark court ruling to growing pressure for accountability.
🔗 bit.ly/4dXQJn5
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
🪧 This paper comes at a time when the global market for law enforcement equipment is growing and cases of misuse of this equipment – in protest, on the streets, in places of detention and elsewhere – continue to be documented worldwide.
Law enforcement officials are required to make rapid decisions on the use of force in dynamic and uncertain situations. Join us on Wednesday to discuss police accountability, integrity, oversight, & use of force for professional policing. 👇
🔗 Read the Network’s full statement: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/torture...
🔗 Read the Special Rapporteur's Recommendations: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Omega Research Foundation
Omega Research Foundation
Omega Research Foundation
📣 We join other members of the civil society #TortureFreeTrade Network in welcoming the publication by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Edwards, of her Recommendations for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty.
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…bit.ly