Anti-Torture Initiative

05/06/2023

Historic two-week tour of US ends with call for nationwide commitment to address racial discrimination in dealings with law

03/08/2022

Today, on this , and every day, we stand up for the rights of women everywhere, reaffirm our call for gender equality, and celebrate the efforts of the inspirational women who work day in & day out to promote, protect, and defend human rights

03/02/2022

Join us March 9 at 13.00 CET for a side event to the on the Principles on

Panelists will discuss how the can strengthen human rights & uphold the rule of law across UN Member States

Register here: https://bit.ly/3swqXzP

02/23/2022

Welcome to Day 3! During the Online Discussion, taking place in the week of 21-25 February 2022, we will publish the written contributions of a number of renowned experts on selected topics concerning the inadmissibility of evidence tainted by torture. We recommend visiting the Online Discussion pag...

02/22/2022

📢 Day 2: ONLINE DISCUSSION "INADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE"
Today on our Exchange Plantform you can read:
👉Rupert Skilbeck, REDRESS (Redress) “Excluding confessions obtained by torture”
👉Catherine Kent, IBAHRI, “Implementing the exclusionary rule: procedural aspects, the role of the legal profession and national law, policy and practice”
Join us here – > https://bit.ly/AoTDay2
📍 In the week from 21 to 25 February, together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (Osce Odihr ), we will publish every day contributions of experts and discuss how to better ensure that evidence obtained by torture is not used in legal proceedings.
For more information > https://bit.ly/3HRTEfN

02/22/2022

📢 ONLINE DISCUSSION "INADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE"
Today you can read:
👉Nikolaos Sitaropoulos, Council of Europe, Department for the Ex*****on of Judgments of the ECtHR, “Unfair trial due to torture-tainted evidence - European Court of Human Rights’ judgments and their execution”
👉 Ilze Tralmaka, Fair Trials, “Reducing reliance on torture evidence”
Join us here – > https://bit.ly/AoTDay1

In the week from 21 to 25 February, together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) we will publish every day contributions of experts and discuss how to better ensure that evidence obtained by torture is not used in legal proceedings.
For more information > https://bit.ly/3HRTEfN

02/22/2022

Join this week's discussion on the inadmissibility of evidence tainted by torture hosted by Atlas of Torture and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR):

Torture is a grave human rights violation that can lead to many more, including the violation of the right to a fair trial.
📍 In the week from 21 to 25 February, together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, we will publish every day contributions of experts and discuss how to better ensure that evidence obtained by torture is not used in legal proceedings.

For more information > https://bit.ly/3HRTEfN

The online discussion will be hosted by the Atlas of Torture, a one-stop-shop for information on torture and other ill-treatment and how they can be prevented.

Follow us on the Atlas of Torture Exchange Platform next week to read diverse perspectives!

11/24/2021

10/19/2021

Together with our partners, Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter - Norwegian Centre for Human Rights & the Association for the Prevention of Torture, we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new website dedicated to the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering!

You can now access all of the translations of the Principles, see statements of endorsement, and download advocacy material.

The website can be accessed here: www.interviewingprinciples.com

09/09/2021

Lea la carta al Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador de la ATI y recomendando la modificación del Artículo Tercero, numeral II del Acuerdo que se publicó el 25 de agosto en el Diario Oficial de la Federación.

En la carta, recomendamos que el Acuerdo admita el uso de cualquier tipo de prueba para acreditar los alegatos de tortura u otros malos tratos; que cobije a todas las víctimas de tortura, no sólo a aquellas de las que se extraiga una confesión auto-incriminatoria, que enfatice que el Estado tiene la obligación de investigar dichos alegatos, que exalte el rol de jueces y juezas en la valoración de la prueba y que se disponga la exclusión del proceso de toda prueba obtenida ilícitamente y que – en ausencia de otras pruebas legítimas que justifiquen la detención – se ordene la liberación de las personas que fueron torturadas..

09/08/2021