Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims

The Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) is a self-governing institution independent of party politics. It is located in Denmark.

RCT's main fields of activity are:
* Clinical research
* Method development
* Treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors
* Education
* Advocacy
* Project work in co-operation with partner organisations abroad

Mission

"A world without torture and other forms of organised violence"

"RCT's work is basically founded on the respect for human rights and the dignity and integrity of each individual. Therefore, it is RCT's proclaimed objective to help alleviate the human suffering resulting from torture – both for the individual, the family members and the community. RCT also aims at preventing torture. RCT seeks to achieve this aim by altering the mechanisms resulting in torture in each country. By preventing torture, we also ensure respect for human rights, social justice and a development towards a society without human suffering."

Objectives

* to expose and document torture on a health professional basis
* to develop clinical diagnoses and treatment methods of torture survivors on the basis of systematic examination of the torture survivors and research into torture and organised violence
* to apply the experiences thus achieved in the education and advocacy in order to contribute to the global effort to abolish torture.

RCT aims at achieving the three objectives by:
* running a centre that undertakes clinical research and method development in order to provide knowledge on torture and the form and extent of the after-effects of torture as well as treats and rehabilitates persons who have been subjected to torture
* conducting education and advocacy in order to promote knowledge of the reasons for torture, conventions and laws, treatment methods and prevention of torture
* carrying out project work in the South in co-operation with centres and programmes aiming at treating and rehabilitating torture survivors and preventing torture

Partner Organisations

* [http://www.csvr.org.za/ Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in South Africa]
* Centre of Development and Analysis (CEDSA) in Sierra Leone
* [http://www.ahrchk.netwww.brct.org Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)in Hong Kong]
* Balay Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines
* [http://www.brct.org Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT) in Bangladesh]
* [http://www.cptrt.org Centre for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Their Relatives (CPTRT) in Honduras]
* [http://www.odhag.org.gt Officina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG) in Guatemala]
* [http://www.gcmhp.net Gaza Community Mental Health Programme(GCMHP)]
* [http://www.arct.org Albanian Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma and Torture Victims (ARCT)]
* [http://www.krct.org/ The Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT)]
* [http://www.cvt.org The Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis, USA]
* [http://www.irct.org International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)]
* [http://www.apt.ch/ Association for the Prevention of Torture in Geneva, Switzerland]

External links

* [http://www.rct.dk Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims(RCT)]