The IRCT and Restart would like to thank all the speakers who presented at the conference, encouraging a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion. Our thanks also go to the IRCT member centres who presented workshops to give an invaluable insight into the many challenges of providing rehabilitation services. Finally, we extend our gratitude to the Restart staff who worked with the IRCT Secretariat to make the conference a great success. Speakers Judge Raja Abinader Ministry of Justice, Lebanon Wadih Al-Asmar Centre Nassim at Lebanese Centre for Human Rights, Lebanon Eliane Arida Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture, Lebanon Ziad Kaed Bey Ministry of Interior, Lebanon Dr Paul Bolton Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA Boris Drozdek Psychological Centre South Netherlands (RvA NL), Netherlands Elsa Fenet EU Delegation to the Lebanese Republic, Lebanon Juana Luisa Lloret Fernández Centro de Atención Psicosocial (CAPS), Peru Dr Chauki Al Haj Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon Sana Hamzeh Restart Center, Lebanon Dr Karen Hanscom Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (ASTT), USA Craig Higson-Smith Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), USA Suzanne Jabbour Restart Center, Lebanon Ninette Kelley UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Lebanon Bernadette McGrath Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service Inc. (SSTARS), Australia Prof Martin McKee London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Astrid Melchner UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT), Switzerland Rauno Merisaari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland Yadira Narváez Fundación para la Rehabilitación Integral de Víctimas de Violencia (PRIVA), Ecuador Dr Lutz Oette REDRESS, UK Dr Nimisha Patel International Centre for Health and Human Rights and the University of East London, UK Dr Alissar Rady World Health Organization (WHO), Lebanon María Sánchez Gil-Cepeda EU Delegation to the Lebanese Republic, Lebanon Miguel Scapusio Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ), Uruguay Mathieu Shalif Solidarité d’Action pour la Paix/Grand Lacs (SAP/GL), Burundi Dr Abdel Salam Sidahmed Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Lebanon Raghda Sleit El Nadeem Center for Psychological Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, Egypt Dr Manal Tahtamouni Institute for Family Health/Noor Al Hussein Foundation (IFH/NHF), Jordan Sharon Vermaak The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture (TCSVT), South Africa Dr Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims (bzfo), Germany Faridun Zavurbekov Interregional Non-governmental Organisation Committee Against Torture (CAT), Russian Federation 28 International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims