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Teaser To mark its 45th anniversary, the APT is organizing on 15 November - jointly with the commune of Chêne-Bougeries - a conference-debate dedicated to its founder "Jean-Jacques Gautier: his commitment to prevent torture." Convinced that it would be possible to prevent torture by opening the doors of all places of detention to external control, Jean-Jacques Gautier founded the Swiss Committee against Torture, now the APT, in 1977. The idea of a system of visits to places of deprivation of liberty was first realized, in Europe, in 1987. Then, the APT succeeded in convincing the international community of the relevance of an optional protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT), adopted in 2002.

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7th meeting of the expert working group on the review of Annexes to the Basel Convention

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Seventh session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

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When Mercenarism Goes Digital, The Risks Go Global! The Use of Technology in the Services, Operations and Activities of Mercenaries, Mercenary-related actors and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).

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Expert workshop on good practices in ensuring access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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Meeting with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and Member States from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States

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Webinar Launch of the policy paper by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic