Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC) and The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) welcome the findings and recommendations issued by the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) following its review of Pakistan under the Convention Against Torture.
In 2026, the UN Committee Against Torture issued a damning assessment of Pakistan, highlighting a vast gap between legislation and reality. Despite laws like the 2022 Torture Act, torture is practiced with near impunity. The report cites widespread enforced disappearances, abusive blasphemy accusations leading to solitary confinement, and severely overcrowded prisons. The Committee urges Pakistan to ensure accountability, amend legal definitions, and protect minorities and human rights defenders from state abuse and systemic neglect.
This report examines how media functions as a systemic vector of religious persecution across three contexts: France’s institutional stigmatization, Pakistan’s state-controlled persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, and digital platforms’ unregulated religious intolerance. Using a Public Health approach, it provides evidence-based recommendations for the OHCHR, states, and platforms to dismantle media-driven persecution.
On March 5, 2026, CAP LC and the IHRC submitted a joint report to the UN Committee Against Torture regarding Pakistan’s compliance with the Convention. The document highlights the systemic persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, arguing that state discrimination creates an environment facilitating torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. Key cases include the custodial death of Dr. Tahir Mahmood, the life imprisonment of Mubarak Ahmad Sani for religious devotion, and escalating targeted killings. The submission urges the Committee to demand investigations, the repeal of discriminatory blasphemy laws, and immediate protection for detainees, emphasizing the state’s failure to prevent violence against this minority.
Survivors of the attacks in El Fasher report mass atrocities and killings committed by the Rapid Support Forces after a year and a half of siege under horrific conditions, with no access to basic necessities. Civilians who fled describe widespread violence, including torture, kidnappings for ransom, sexual violence, disproportionately affecting women and girls, and summary executions as they attempted to escape. More than 1,000 days into the conflict, atrocities persist, and large-scale attacks are becoming a recurring pattern. Immediate and collective action is required to cease these crimes and prevent similar atrocities in other regions of Sudan.
In preparation for the upcoming official visit to Germany by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the non-governmental organization CAP Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC) has submitted a comprehensive report addressing specific concerns regarding systemic discrimination. The Special Rapporteur’s visit, scheduled to take place from 26 January to 6 February 2026, aims to assess the situation of freedom of opinion and expression in the country. This assessment includes reviewing legal, institutional, and policy frameworks that protect or restrict these fundamental rights, as well as measures addressing intolerance, negative stereotyping, and stigmatization.
In response to the Call for Input issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls for her report to the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, CAP Liberté de Conscience has submitted a comprehensive analysis titled “CAP LC report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls.” The submission, accessible via the official call https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-input-report-special-rapporteur-violence-against-women-and-girls-62nd, examines specific forms of institutional violence faced by mothers in contexts of intrafamilial violence, with a focus on the French socio-judicial system.
CAP Liberté de Conscience is deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, particularly regarding religious freedom and the persecution of religious minorities.
