Mizan: The release of inmates was a necessity to curb corona outbreak
Jordanian authorities have released a large group of inmates in an effort to limit the…
Mizan: Surge in complaints about domestic violence during the corona crisis
The quarantine results in increased gender-based violence in several parts of the world. Also in…
Children and youth in the Philippines at heightened risk of abuse under COVID-19 quarantine
Following numerous reports and articles of human rights violations committed by authorities in the implementation…
Synthesis of Global guidance and recommendations on how to prevent and manage COVID-19 in prisons
(Updated: May, 11 2020) The following is a synthesis of recommendations issued by a variety…
Communique from DIGNITY to international partners
March 14, 2020 DIGNITY: Danish Institute Against Torture works to protect human life and dignity….
New support to torture victims in Ukraine
Photos: Ergün Cakal For the first time, DIGNITY will work on rehabilitation of torture victims…
”We are the conscience that reminds the government to respect human rights”
Photos: Geric Cruz Human Rights in the Philippines are currently under severe pressure – blatantly…
Danish data collaboration to strengthen rehabilitation of traumatized refugees
A new extensive dataset about traumatized refugees is a big step for trauma research in…
Matters of Violence
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS How can we assemble accounts of the evasive forms of violence…
Rasmus Grue Christensen appointed new Director General of DIGNITY
Director of the Danish Association of the Blind Rasmus Grue Christensen is the new Director…
DIGNITY-focus on corruption and torture at the UN
With a half-day conference at the UN in Geneva on March 1, DIGNITY focuses on…
Demand for justice for Giulio Regeni
By Giorgio Caracciolo, senior programme advisor, DIGNITY Photo: Alisdare Hickson (FLICKR) On the 5th of December 2018…
Proud partner of DIGNITY: As the first country in the Arab region, Jordan’s civil society got access to the prisons
For almost 10 years DIGNITY has cooperated with the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR)…
DIGNITY conducts its first training in therapy for traumatised children: “the therapy came as a saviour”
For the first time DIGNITY teaches middle eastern psychologists how to treat traumatised children. A…
Strengthening the documentation of torture
DIGNITY helps civil society in North Africa to document torture and strengthen advocacy efforts About…
Building common ground for collaboration in Kenya’s urban slums
DIGNITY’s leadership programme in Kenya leads to higher levels of respect and understanding between police…
Denmark and France mobilize forces in dealing with the consequences of torture
On the occasion of the French President, Emmanuel Macron’s State visit to Denmark on August…
New report from European conference on torture: Strengthen legal guarantees and fight torture in police custody
The 22-23rd of March 2018 23 European countries met for a conference in Copenhagen to…
Syrian refugees in Lebanon misses help dealing with psychological trauma
Photo: Eduardo Soteras Jalil/DRC. Syrian refugees in Lebanon feel distressed and many need assistance to deal…
Book launch: Prison Breaks
Please join us to launch this new book “Prison Breaks – Toward a Sociology of…
Dane re-elected as chairperson of the UN Committee Against Tortur
Jens Modvig, chief physician and head of the health department in DIGNITY, has been re-elected…
Does Jordan live up to the international standards of human rights?
Jordan is in these days being examined by the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee (ICCPR)….
‘Pre-trial detention should always be the exception and never the rule’, Walid Al-Adwan, Jordanian Bar Association
PUBLISHED 09.10.2017 In Jordan, a high number of imprisoned are pre-trial detainees, however, recent numbers show…
Civil society advocates for change through UN committees
How can various UN mechanisms be used as an instrument in the fight against torture?…
‘If the family gets redress and compensation it will be a victory for all of Jordan’
PUBLISHED 10.05.2017 The lawyer Haya Al Abbady represents the family of a deceased victim in a…
Statement of support for our Egyptian partner El Nadeem
PUBLISHED 10.02.2017 For more than two decades El Nadeem has been providing rehabilitation to victims of…
‘You need to be a fighter’
PUBLISHED 02.02.2017 Torture left Jack bed-ridden and suicidal, but thanks to DIGNITY’s partner Balay, he is…
DIGNITY concerned over recent threats to human rights defenders in the Philippines
PUBLISHED 02.01.2017 DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture expresses grave concern over the recent developments in…
DIGNITY co-hosts major seminar with Tunisia’s Ministry of Justice
PUBLISHED 14.12.2016 Last week DIGNITY and Tunisia’s Ministry of Justice hosted a high-level seminar on combating…
Tunisia passes crucial bill in the fight against torture
PUBLISHED 10.02.2016 DIGNITYs experts have managed to help Tunisia reach a crucial reform of the country’s…