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WEBWith 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 ...
Global Standards on Rehabilitation - IRCT
WEBThe GSR include commitments to keep services independent and accountable, ensure non-discriminatory access and the safety of clients, and to support their families.Acknowledging the strong connection between rehabilitation, empowerment and justice, the standards also commit IRCT members to make torture survivors central agents in their rehabilitation work and to help them access justice and ...
Reports - IRCT
WEBCountry Briefings. Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Member States’ human rights records, IRCT country briefings reflect the key priorities of members in that country at the time of writing.
About the IRCT - IRCT
WEBBorn 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 ...
The Mendez Principles on Effective Interviewing - IRCT
WEBThe 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
WEBIRCT’s Livelihoods project is an effort to break the link between poverty and torture. Member centres have long called for a holistic approach to torture rehabilitation, reporting that psychosocial and medical services are not effective if the basic needs of survivors are not met. Mental and physical health has been the primary focus of ...
Iran - IRCT
WEBThe IRCT is deeply concerned with the escalating human rights crisis in Iran where credible reports indicate that protesters are indiscriminately beaten, arbitrarily arrested, systematically tortured, and killed in detention by Iranian security forces, while some are charged with offences carrying the death penalty. The IRCT has also received credible reports that the crackdown on the Kurdish ...
WEBHooding is the practice of fully covering the head of a person. Hooding has been used in a number of countries with increasing fre-quency during the past 50 years. The practice of hooding has been recog-nized as a form of torture and/or cruel, in-human and degrading treatment or punish-ment (CIDT) by a number of international and regional human ...
WEB1 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
Istanbul Protocol: Investigating Torture - IRCT
WEBFirst published in 1999, the Istanbul Protocol is the internationally agreed set of best-practice standards that States must follow in investigating torture and by which health and legal professionals should evaluate allegations of torture, document the cases of survivors and produce quality evidence. Simply put, the IP – as it is known to ...