The International Coalition to End Torture documents torture and ill-treatment, monitors how states apply the Convention against Torture, and publishes source-based research for the people affected and for those who represent them.

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What the Removal Figures Show, and What the Government Stopped Publishing

Mass deportation is a claim about scale. It can be tested against the government’s own statistics up to January 2025, when the government stopped publishing them. Removals are rising sharply…

Alert

Reported risks of torture or refoulement in states receiving people transferred from the United States. Each designation names the sources it rests on. What an Alert means

39 states
Antigua and BarbudaA legal grey zone, in the Government's own wordsAustraliaIll-treatment in immigration detentionBelizeNo supervision of any kindBurundiTortureCabo VerdeNo asylum procedureCameroonTorture and refoulementCentral African RepublicTorture and refoulement riskCosta RicaArbitrary detention on arrivalDemocratic Republic of the CongoRefoulementDominicaSelected from a list, with no procedure behind itDominican RepublicA refuge claim the receiving state says it will not acceptEcuadorEmergency rule and no documented receptionEl SalvadorTorture and incommunicado detentionEquatorial GuineaTorture and refoulementEswatiniTortureGhanaRefoulementGrenadaA framework agreement with the terms left outGuatemalaOnward removal without a protection procedureGuyanaAn assurance with no law behind itHondurasA corridor, not a destinationItalyPushbacks and refoulement riskJamaicaOutside the Convention against Torture altogetherKosovoRefoulement riskLiberiaRefoulement riskMexicoChain refoulement and violence in transitMoldovaRefoulement riskPalauNo treaty protectionPanamaIncommunicado detention and no asylum routeParaguayReturn onward without an asylum claimPolandRefoulement at the border and acquiescence in tortureRwandaRefoulement riskSaint Kitts and NevisA right of entry, not a protection systemSaint LuciaOutside the refugee treaties entirelySierra LeoneRefoulementSouth SudanArbitrary detentionUgandaTortureUnited KingdomRefoulement risk and detention of torture survivorsUnited StatesPunitive removal and refoulement riskUzbekistanTorture

How We Work

Know It.

We raise awareness of the UN Convention Against Torture and international human rights law among governments, institutions, and citizens. Knowing the law is the foundation of demanding it.

Demand It.

We lobby the United Nations, national parliaments, and regional bodies to ratify and implement OPCAT and anti-torture obligations. Pressure from coalitions changes legislation and practice.

Defend It.

We train detention monitors, support national preventive mechanisms, and protect human rights defenders. Without independent oversight, prohibitions against torture exist only on paper.

2003 Year Founded
176 States parties to the UN Convention Against Torture
100+ Coalition partner organizations globally
Zero Government funding: fully independent