Medical Action Group (MAG) was founded in the #Philippines in 1982 by health care professionals in response to systematic violations of #HumanRights and poverty and marginalisation caused by the #Marcos dictatorship. MAG is a pioneer in rehabilitation and forensic documentation for #torture survivors in the Philippines and has contributed evidence to the International Criminal Court's

Balay Rehabilitation Centre was founded in the #Philippines in 1985, at the height of martial law and the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Today it continues to work to support survivors of #torture and other ill-treatment among the Philippines' most marginalised communities in an ongoing context of threats against #HumanRights defenders. "Over the next

The Colectivo Contra la Tortura y la Impunidad (CCTI) is based in Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coast. CCTI was born from the onslaught of police brutality faced by citizens during the past two decades of the State’s War on Drugs. "In Mexico, torture is systematic and widespread," says CCTI's founding member, Dr Javier Enriquez Sam,

The Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) is headquartered in #Tiblisi, the capital of #Georgia. At the intersection of #Europe and #Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Georgia has the Middle East to its south, and #Russia to its north. In 2008, Russia attacked Georgia, a former

The Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture is one of the first torture treatment centers in the United States. Established in 1987, the Marjorie Kovler Center (MKC) provides mental health, medical, legal, and social services; trains and educates locally and globally; and advocates for the needs of asylum seekers and refugees

Established in 1993, the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) is a leading non-governmental organisation in #Kenya dedicated to preventing and responding to #torture and related human rights violations. With special consultative status at the #UN, IMLU is also a strong international advocate for improving the protection of #humanrights in #Africa. "So our vision is a society

"Torture is increasing in Chad every day, but it is a country forgotten by the international community," says Nodjigoto Charbonnel, winner of Norway's prestigious Rafto Prize 2022 for human rights, and founder of IRCT member Association Jeunesse pour la Paix et la Non-Violence (AJPNV). Poor and arid, but rich in oil and gold, the vast

The Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (TRC) was established in Ramallah, the administrative capital of Palestine, in the West Bank in 1997. The West Bank and East Jerusalem areas of Palestine have been occupied by the Israeli armed forces since 1967. Since its establishment, TRC Palestine has treated over 26,000 survivors of

The Colectivo Contra la Tortura y la Impunidad (CCTI) is based in Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coast. CCTI was born from the onslaught of police brutality faced by citizens during the past two decades of the State’s War on Drugs. “In Mexico, torture is systematic and widespread,” says CCTI’s founding member, Dr Javier Enriquez Sam,