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With 160 member centres in 76 countries, we are the largest global network of medical and legal professionals working with and for survivors of torture to rebuild their lives through rehabilitation, and to fight for their human rights and justice. Our Members. The IRCT exists because of and for its members. From the highly specialised medical ...
The Mendez Principles on Effective Interviewing - IRCT
The six core Principles establish that effective interviewing is instructed by science, law and ethics; is a comprehensive process for gathering accurate information while following legal safeguards; addresses the needs of vulnerable interviewees; is a professional undertaking requiring specific training; requires accountable institutions; and ...
Livelihoods - IRCT
Developed and implemented through a Steering Committee of five member centres with experience in integrating livelihoods as a component of rehabilitation, the Special Project is one of the goals the IRCT has set itself under its Strategy 2022-2025.. The Livelihoods initiatives empower individual survivors to regain control of their …
1 Guideline: Defining Results (Impact, Outcome, and Outputs) for the Project Application A. What are Impact, Outcome, and Output? Defining clear distinctions between impact, outcomes, and outputs is fundamental for effective project
United States - IRCT
United States Our Members in the United States Access - Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (APRCVT) Bellevue - NYU Programme for Survivors of Torture (PSOT) Bilingual International Assistant Services (BIAS) Boston Centre for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) Centre for Survivors of Torture, Dallas (CST) Centre
About the IRCT - IRCT
Born from a collaboration between Danish doctors and human rights groups in the 1970s, today IRCT is the world’s largest membership-based organisation specialising in the treatment and documentation of torture. Operating at the intersection of medicine and law, we currently have 156 member centres in 76 countries across every region of the world, staffed by around 4,000 professionals ...
Independent Forensic Expert Group - IRCT
IFEG members have testified in court and other forums over 4,500 times and have conducted some 2,000 trainings on torture and the Istanbul Protocol, including for IRCT member centres, other civil society organisations, national human rights commissions, courts and investigative authorities, and other stakeholders.. IFEG members also share knowledge on forensic documentation and on the effects ...
Nigeria - IRCT
Nigeria ratified the UN Convention Against Torture in 2001. But for two decades, the country refused to be reviewed on its implementation of the Convention by the treaty monitoring body, the Committee Against Torture. In November 2021, the Committee went ahead anyway, and IRCT’s member in Nigeria, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), was there.
Our Strategy - IRCT
In a world of increasing authoritarianism, States are utilising torture to supress dissent, silence civil society, and marginalise minorities and those living in poverty. Impunity remains almost absolute. With its medical and legal expertise, the IRCT and its 160 members stand on the frontline of this global struggle against the abuse of power.Our Strategy sets …
ment to the Istanbul Protocol and has been developed as a source of practical reference for medical doctors engaged in the inves-tigation and documentation of cases of al-