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The IRCT’s Global Centre of Expertise on Rehabilitation (GCER) serves as IRCT’s central knowledge hub, giving members and partners a single place to deepen their understanding of, and expertise in, torture rehabilitation.

As a hub, the GCER identifies, gathers and shares best practices from across the IRCT membership and wider expert community. It brings together knowledge generated through demand‑driven webinars, scientific contributions to the Torture Journal, member‑to‑member exchanges, mentoring schemes, and lessons learned from implementing subgrants and applying the Global Standards on Rehabilitation.

All of this material is curated into a unified multi‑media thematic database that the IRCT continuously updates and makes accessible to members and external stakeholders. Through this shared resource, the GCER strengthens collective learning and supports the ongoing professional development of the rehabilitation of survivors of torture.

The E-learning platform for members only has two main purposes: Learning and Knowledge Sharing.

The E-Learning site is the central hub for all the E-learning material and experiences that IRCT and its members are offering. The section on webinars promotes upcoming webinars, hosts past recordings for those who could not attend, and has a forum for members to continue the conversation. There are also sections for IRCT online courses on the Global Standards on Rehabilitation and upcoming on the updated Istanbul Protocol. What Are Other Members Doing was created to promote a sense of community and connect members. In this section, members can share a short video presenting their work, centre, or experiences. There is also a section to share events that members are hosting, such as webinars or trainings.

Visit IRCT’s E-learning site

Over 3,000 people join IRCT’s demand-driven thematic webinars each year.

The success of our webinars are down to a simple formula:

First, we listen to what our members tell us they want to know more about. Then we source speakers with the relevant expertise from other centres or the wider torture rehabilitation community. Each webinar consists of time-limited presentations by speakers followed by an open question and answer session. Finally, we create an easy-to-use format for registration and attendance.

Please find the plan and registration forms for upcoming webinars here.

Please find the plan for upcoming webinars here.

For members who are not able to attend, webinars are posted in full on the E-learning Fabo page and on our YouTube page, while selected webinars are edited down into public videos of around 15 minutes that highlight and contextualise the key insights, published as IRCT Insights.

Furthermore, all webinars are archived in our thematic database above, where they are organised by topic to ensure members can easily access past sessions relevant to their specific areas of interest.

Please scan the QR Code if you have any questions for the speakers.

IRCT’s Global Standards on Rehabilitation (GSR) are the world’s first comprehensive set of internationally agreed best-practice standards aimed at ensuring survivors of torture can receive the best possible rehabilitation wherever they are.

The GSR were adopted unanimously by IRCT’s General Assembly in October 2020 following a four-year consultation in which more than 90% of all members contributed to their development. They represent a statement of collective wisdom and universal applicability from the world’s largest reservoir of experience in the field of torture rehabilitation, and are thus an integral component of the IRCT’s work going forward.

To learn more, please visit IRCT’s Global Standards on Rehabilitation page.

visit IRCT’s Global Standards on Rehabilitation page.

Now in its fourth decade of publication, IRCT’s Torture Journal is the world’s leading academic source for peer-reviewed research and debate from the medical and legal frontiers of torture rehabilitation and prevention.

Peer‑reviewed articles from the Torture Journal are systematically archived and categorised within our thematic database above. This thematic structure allows members to browse research by topic and easily access evidence that supports their clinical and organisational work.

The Torture Journal encourages authors to submit papers with a psychological, medical or legal orientation, particularly those that are interdisciplinary with other fields of knowledge.

Please see the Torture Journal website for more information on our current call for papers and the submission details.

visit IRCT’s Torture journal page.