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DIGNITY trained the staff of a Ukrainian partner organisation in interviewing survivors
A ‘trauma-informed’ and ‘survivor-centred’ approach is important when interviewing victims and witnesses of war crimes

Side event at OSCE meeting: Torture in official and unofficial places of detention in Ukraine under the Russian occupation
DIGNITY and partners organize a side event on the recent report on torture in Ukrainian

Russian torture in Ukrainian prisons may amount to crimes against humanity
New report documents Russia’s ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners Torture and ill-treatment used by Russian soldiers

Russian forces torture civilians and prisoners in the occupied territories of Ukraine
Extensive report by DIGNITY and Ukrainian partners documents widespread and systematic torture »On the third

New agreement is an important step to improve human rights in Guatemala
DIGNITY’s partner CIPREVICA will train the staff of the Guatemalan human rights ombudsman In March,

The fight against torture faces new challenges
UN Special Rapporteur Alice Edwards talked to DIGNITY CEO Rasmus Grue Christensen at this week’s

Gender is a tool for torturers to increase suffering
DIGNITY’s contribution to UN torture debate focuses on gender discrimination On Tuesday, DIGNITY contributed to

Torture can never be justified
Human Rights Law expert Natasa Mavronicola warns against thinking that torture should be used or

Egyptian human rights defender’s appeal to Danish PM: Ask President el-Sisi about the torture
The Danish Prime Minister visits Egypt at a time when torture is systematic in the

Therese Rytter re-elected as Vice President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
DIGNITY’s legal director continues as Vice President of the important body that works to prevent

Students in Morocco: Our parents are worried that we will come home as victims of violence
Students in Morocco: Our parents are worried that we will come home as victims of

Unfair trials and sentences in Minsk underline the need for our accountability work
Four human rights defenders from DIGNITY’s Belarusian cooperation partner Viasna were sentenced to long prison