The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) has published the Anti-Torture Report 2025–2026, compiled based on the work carried out from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026.

Published on the Commission’s website on 23 August 2026, the report outlines the efforts undertaken by the HRCM to monitor and oversee the implementation and enforcement of the Anti-Torture Act (Act No. 13/2013).

This report encompasses the Commission’s work during the reporting period under the Anti-Torture Act 2013, as well as the efforts undertaken by relevant state institutions to enforce this legislation. In this regard, it includes details on the budget allocated to the Commission for the implementation of the Act, efforts made to strengthen the legal framework, torture-related cases lodged with the Commission and the challenges encountered in investigating them, findings and reform recommendations from visits to state-run detention and care facilities for children and adults, training and awareness programs conducted for the staff of the Commission and relevant state authorities, and the ongoing efforts of state institutions to implement this Act.

During this reporting period, the Commission investigated 71 (seventy-one) torture-related cases, comprising both filed complaints and suo motu inquiries initiated by the Commission. Together with these cases and those carried forward from previous periods, the Commission concluded investigations into a total of 124 (one hundred and twenty-four) cases. Additionally, a total of 8 (eight) visits were conducted during the reporting period to state facilities where individuals and children are deprived of their liberty.