Suggested reading IRCT: Prevention http://www.irct.org/what-is-torture/prevention.aspx Association for the Prevention of Torture http://www.apt.ch/en European Committee for the Prevention of Torture http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/about.htm World Medical Association: the role of physicians in the prevention of torture http://www.wma.net/en/20activities/20humanrights/40torture/ Optional Protocol to Convention Against Torture (OPCAT): Subcommittee on the prevention of torture http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/opcat/index.htm OCHR (2010): Preventing torture: An operational guide for national human rights organisations. OCHR, APT and APF http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/NHRI/Torture_Prevention_Guide.pdf OSCE: Preventing torture: A handbook for OSCE field staff http://www.osce.org/odihr/42871 5.5 Using clinical data for human rights outcomes By its very nature the rehabilitation service provider works in an interdisciplinary manner given the complex nature of torture and the rehabilitation needs of survivors. As part of this work the service provider records information that is unique to both the clinical and justice imperatives of a rehabilitation service. Most professionals engaged in this area of work, have both a clinical as well as a human rights objective in mind as it is well acknowledged across the professions that to be tortured is a violation of a fundamental human right and that the justice is an integral part of rehabilitation. Part of the challenge for the rehabilitation sector is to gather data and find ways to share it so that it can be used for both clinical and human rights purposes. In clinical terms record keeping and data collection includes ensuring appropriate records are kept as part of best practices for clinical settings, to hold in confidence what is sensitive, respect ethical considerations about using client data, data protection and use of confidential information, and to ensure continuity of practice for the survivor given that there may be a number of interventions by a range of professionals in relation to one survivor and their holistic rehabilitation care plan. At another level, the data collected is gathered and analysed as practice-based evidence that will improve our clinical rehabilitation responses at the sector-wide, individual organization and individual survivor level. Equally important in the interest of working in human rights respecting ways, is to use our data to contribute to the global effort to prevent torture, end impunity and ensure adequate and appropriate rehabilitation is provided to survivors. There is an abundance of information on clinical record keeping, monitoring and evaluation and evidencing our work in the area of torture rehabilitation. However, in the 46