Mwatana for Human Rights, through its male and female lawyers, provides legal support to victims of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, and torture committed against individuals by any authority, security, or military body or group that has effective authority, in violation of rules, legal norms, international instruments, and principles of justice. When a victim of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, or torture approaches Mwatana for legal assistance, our lawyers begin by carefully documenting the incident, verifying the information and circumstances, and preparing a detailed legal description. We also obtain the informed consent of the victim or their representative as the basis for taking legal action alongside or on behalf of the victim's family. Our lawyers then provide ongoing legal support, which may include providing legal advice, filing complaints and memoranda that call for the victim's release, communicating with decision-makers and officials, and following up with various police agencies, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, judicial bodies, and other relevant authorities and entities.

To submit an initial report about an incident of arbitrary detention or enforced disappearance, please fill in the data in this form and then submit it.