Our Members
The IRCT exists because of and for its members. As a membership organisation, engagement by members is the driving force and democratic basis of the organisation.
With our 160 members in 76 countries, IRCT centres come in all shapes and sizes, from the highly specialised medical clinic working in a single city, to the local branch of sprawling social welfare organisation, working across a continent. Together, the sheer diversity of IRCT members’ expertise, gathered together in solidarity for a shared purpose, represents the organisation’s greatest strength.
Join the IRCT
The IRCT joins together torture rehabilitation centres from all around the world. If you treat torture survivors and you would like to join our growing global movement, please download the Application Form here and then email it back to us at members@irct.org
There are some essential criteria you need to meet before you can join the IRCT, so please check these before filling out the form:
- You treat at least 50 survivors a year.
- You have been in operation for more than two years and have an annual budget of at least EUR 10,000.
- You are a not-for-profit organisation working independent from government.
Meet Our Members
Meet the people who make the IRCT what it is. Putting a face to the acronym, our courageous and caring global network of health professionals and human rights defenders introduce you to how they work.
Members list
Members list
Bangladesh
Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors (CRTS)
Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC)
Cambodia
Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation (TPO)
China
Justice Centre Hong Kong
India
Jan Mitra Nyas/Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)
Shubhodaya Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence (SOSRAC)
Tibetan Torture Survivors Program (TTSP)
Vasavya Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (VRCT)
Indonesia
Alliance of Democracy for Papua (ALDP)
Rehabilitation Action for Torture Victims in Aceh (RATA)
Malaysia
Health Equity Initiatives (HEI)
Nepal
Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT)
Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation Nepal (TPO)
Pakistan
Human Development Organisation (HDO)
Struggle for Change (SACH)
Philippines
Balay Rehabilitation Centre (BALAY)
Medical Action Group (MAG)
Republic of Korea
Gwangju Trauma Centre
Kim Keun-Tae Memorial Healing Centre (KMHC)
Sri Lanka
Family Rehabilitation Centre (FRC)
Right to Life Human Rights (R2L)
Albania
Albanian Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma and Torture Victims (ARCT)
Austria
Hemayat – Support centre for survivors of torture and war (HEMAYAT)
Intercultural Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy (ZEBRA)
Transcultural Centre for Mental and Physical Health and Integration (OMEGA)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Association of Concentration Camp Detainees in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SLUBIH)
Vive Zene Centre for Therapy and Rehabilitation (VIVE ZENE)
Croatia
Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma Zagreb (RCT Zagreb)
Cyprus
Cyprus Refugee Council (CyRC)
Denmark
Dignity – The Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY)
Oasis – Treatment and Counselling for Refugees (OASIS)
Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims – Jutland (RCT JUTLAND)
Finland
Centre for Psychotraumatology
France
Parcours d’Exil – Medical and Psychological Rehabilitation for Torture Victims (PARCOURS)
Georgia
Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT)
Germany
Medical Service for Refugees Bochum (MFH Bochum)
PSZ Düsseldorf (PSZ)
Zentrum Überleben
Psychosoziales Zentrum für traumatisierte Geflüchtete Bielefeld (PSZ Bielefeld)
Hungary
Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (CORDELIA)
Ireland
Spirasi The Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture (SPIRASI)
Israel
Aid Organisation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel (ASSAF)
Italy
Doctors Against Torture Humanitarian Organisation (MCT)
NAGA-HAR Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Torture Victims (NAGA-HAR)
Kosovo
The Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT)
Kyrgyzstan
Golos Svobody Public Foundation
Moldova
Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims Memoria (RCTV Memoria)
Netherlands
Centrum 45
De Evenaar, Centrum voor Transculturele Psychiatrie Noord Nederland
Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland (PTC ZN)
Poland
The Centre for Victims of Political Persecution (CVPP)
Romania
ICAR Foundation – Medical Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims Bucharest (ICAR)
Medical Rehabilitation Centre Craiova Foundation (MRC)
Russia
Committee Against Torture (CPT)
Serbia
International Aid Network, IAN, Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (IAN CRTV)
Spain
Comisión Espanola de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR)
Sira
Sweden
RKC Göteborg
RKC Malmø
RKC Skellefteå
RKC Skövde
RKC Stockholm
RKC Uppsala
Switzerland
Consultation for Victims of Torture and War (CTG)
Outpatient Clinic for the Victims of Torture and War Zürich (AFK)
SRC Centre for Migration and Health/Out-patient Clinic for Victims of Torture and War (SRC)
Tajikistan
No Torture TJ
Turkey
Foundation for Social and Legal Studies (TOHAV)
Human Rights Foundation Turkey- Ankara (HRFT Ankara)
Human Rights Foundation Turkey- Diyarbakir (HRFT Diyarbakir)
Human Rights Foundation Turkey- Istanbul (HRFT Istanbul)
Human Rights Foundation Turkey- Izmir (HRFT Izmir)
Sohram-Casra Centre of Social Action Rehabilitation and Readjustment (SOHRAM Casra)
Ukraine
International Medical Rehabilitation Centre for the Victims of Wars and Totalitarian Regimes (IRC)
United Kingdom
Freedom from Torture (FFT)
Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF)
Room to Heal
Argentina
Argentine Team of Psychosocial Work and Research (EATIP)
Bolivia
Institute of Therapy and Research about Sequelae of Torture and State Violence (ITEI)
Chile
Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights (CINTRAS)
Colombia
Centre of Psychological Assistance Corporation (CAPS)
Ecuador
Foundation for Integral Rehabilitation of Violence (PRIVA)
Guatemala
Associacion Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Accion Psycosocial (ECAP)
Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala (ODHAG)
Honduras
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Survivors of Torture and Relatives (CPTRT)
Mexico
Collective Against Torture and Impunity (CCTI)
Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (CMDPDH)
Peru
Centro de Atencion Psycosocial (CAPS)
Egypt
El Nadeem Centre for Psychological Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence
Iraq
Bahjat Al-Fuad Rehabilitation of Medical and Psychological Centre for Torture Victims (BFRCT)
Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
Wchan Organisation for Victims of Human Rights Violations – Trauma Rehabilitation and Training Centre
Jordan
Institute for Family Health – Noor Al Hussein Foundation (IFH)
The center for victims of torture (CVT Jordan/Iraq)
Lebanon
Association Justice and Mercy (AJEM)
Khiam Rehabilitation Centre of the Victims of Torture (KRC)
Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (CLDH)
Restart Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture (RESTART)
Morocco
Medical Association of Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (AMRVT)
Palestine
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP)
Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (TRC)
Sudan
Amel Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (ACTRVT)
Tunisia
The Tunisian Rehabilitation Institute for Survivors of Torture Survivors (NEBRAS)
Canada
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT)
Intervention Network for Persons Having Been Subjected to Organised Violence (RIVO)
Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)
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 for Survivors of Torture, San José (AACI/CST)
De Novo Centre for Justice and Healing (DENOVO)
Florida Centre for Survivors of Torture (FCST (JFCS)
Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Centre
Libertas Centre for Human Rights
Mount Sinai Human Rights Programme (MSHRP)
Programme for Survivors of Torture and Trauma at the Multicultural Centre of Northern Virginia Family Service (PSTT)
Program for Torture Victims of Los Angeles (PTVLA)
Survivors of Torture International
The Centre for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, International (TASSC)
Torture Treatment Centre of Oregon (TTCO)
UC San Francisco Trauma Recovery Centre (TRC – UCSF)
Utah Health and Human Rights (UHHR)
Western New York Centre for Survivors of Torture (WNYCST)
Australia
Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASETTS)
Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma
Melaleuca Australia – Refugee Centre, Torture and Trauma Survivor Service
Overseas Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (OSSTT)
Phoenix Centre – Support Service for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service (STTARS)
The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture – Foundation House (VFST)
New Zealand
Refugee Trauma Recovery, New Zealand Red Cross (RTR)
Refugees as Survivors New Zealand (RASNZ)
Solidarité d’Action pour la Paix – Grand Lacs (SAP-GL)
Cameroon
African Development Association Rescue Mission Africa (ADAS)
Trauma Centre Cameroon (TCC)
Chad
Association Jeunesse Pour la Paix et la Non Violence (AJPNV)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Amis des Victimes des Violations des Droits Humains (AVVDH)
Fédération des Femmes pour le Développement Intégral au Congo (FEDICONGO)
Regroupement des Mamans de Kamituga (REMAK)
Solidarité avec des Victime et pour la Paix (SOVIP)
Women and Children Protection (WCP)
Ethiopia
The center for victims of torture (CVT Ethiopia)
Kenya
Centre Against Torture Kenya Foundation (CAT)
Independent Medico Legal Unit (IMLU)
Mwatikho Torture Survivors Foundation (MATESOF)
The center for victims of torture (CVT Nairobi)
Liberia
Association of Psychosocial Services (LAPS)
Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL)
Nigeria
Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA)
Rwanda
Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (UNM)
Senegal
Centre Africain pour la Prévention et la Résolution des Conflits (CAPREC)
Sierra Leone
Community Association for Psychosocial Services (CAPS)
Somalia
Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders (CSHRDS)
South Africa
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture (TCSVT)
Uganda
African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV)
The center for victims of torture (CVT Uganda)
Zimbabwe
Counselling Services Unit (CSU)
Tree of Life Trust (ToL)
