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Category: Human Rights

Posted on 28. December 2020Categories Health, Human Rights, Torture in DetentionLeave a comment

Prisons in Moldova received assistance in preventing the spread of Covid-19 and ensuring human rights

DIGNITY and our Moldovan partner, the Institute for Penal Reform, have successfully trained prison staff…

Posted on 14. September 202022. September 2020Categories Health, Human Rights, Legal

New practical guide for lay people on how to document ill-treatment inflicted by the authorities in Belarus

In the wake of the presidential elections on 9 August 2020, thousands of Belarusians have…

Posted on 24. May 202026. May 2020Categories Human Rights, Urban Violence

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…

Posted on 2. January 20202. January 2020Categories Human Rights, Torture in Detention

”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…

Posted on 28. November 201812. September 2019Categories Human Rights, Jordan, Middle East and North Africa, Torture in Detention

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)…

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Posted on 25. September 20182. October 2018Categories Human Rights, Middle East and North Africa, Torture in Detention

Strengthening the documentation of torture

DIGNITY helps civil society in North Africa to document torture and strengthen advocacy efforts About…

Posted on 24. April 201824. April 2018Categories DIGNITY, Human Rights

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…

Posted on 14. November 201714. June 2018Categories Human Rights, Jordan, Legal, Middle East and North Africa

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)….

Posted on 10. May 20176. July 2018Categories Human Rights, Middle East and North Africa

‘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…

Posted on 10. February 201717. August 2018Categories Human Rights, Middle East and North Africa

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…

Posted on 2. January 20176. July 2018Categories Human Rights

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…

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