Project partners The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international healthbased human rights organisation, which promotes and supports the right to rehabilitation of torture victims, acts as a global knowledge hub on healthbased rehabilitation, and leads the global consensus-making process on right to rehabilitation standards. The vision of the IRCT is a world without torture. ARAMA (Rwanda) ARAMA is based in Kigali, but also has a rehabilitation centre in the Ngoma district, which provides holistic rehabilitation services to survivors of torture, sexual abuse and other forms of violence. ARAMA’s mission is to ensure the protection, well-being and participation of vulnerable groups in society . Through education, economic empowerment, access to justice, comprehensive psychological and health care, social accountability, ARAMA empowers and transforms vulnerable victims to restore their dignity. In the Ngoma District, ARAMA works with local authorities to prevent and effectively respond to violence against women at community level. Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (Rwanda) Created after the 1994 genocide, Uyisenga Ni Imanzi’s mission is to respond and contribute to the rehabilitation of orphans and vulnerable children between one and 25 years old affected by genocide, HIV/ AIDS and victims of sexual abuse or other forms of violence. Through socio-economic development, psychological assistance, medical care, education and training, Uyisenga Ni Imanzi works to empower them to solve their problems and participate in Rwanda’s recovery and development. Solidarité et Actions pour la Paix – Grands Lacs (SAP-GL) (Burundi) SAP-GL’s mission is the psychological and medical rehabilitation of victims of torture and other forms of violence and has a medical centre in Buyenzi (Bujumbura) and Rukarama (Bujumburarural). The organisation operates in five different provinces in Burundi. Regroupement des Mamans de Kamituga (REMAK) (DRC) Notes and references Amies des Victimes des Violations de Droits Humains (AVVDH) (DRC) Created in May 2005, AVVDH is human rights organization based in Uvira, South Kivu (DRC). Its mission is to promote the application of human rights law through advocacy and awareness raising activities, prison visits and the provision of holistic rehabilitation services to victims of torture and sexual and gender-based violence. AVVDH operates both in the Uvira and Fizi territories of South-Kivu. Fédération des Femmes pour le développement Intégral au Congo (FEDICONGO) (DRC) Fedicongo’s mission is to promote the rights of women in rural areas and to fight against violence committed against women and children. It provides medical, legal, psychological and socio-economic support to victims of torture, including sexual torture and promotes female leadership and local women initiatives. Their activities take place in the territories of Uvira, Fizi and Walungu in South Kivu. 1 IRCT [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 14]. Available from: http:// www.irct.org/Files/Billeder/ council/Copenhagen%20 Declaration%202014%20-%20 Right%20to%20Rehabilitation. pdf 2 Amnesty International. Burundi: Rape - the hidden human rights abuse. 2004 Feb. Report No: AFR 16/006/2004. 3 There is no consensus on the total number of people killed during the 1994 genocide. Numbers range from 800,000 to 1,000,000. In 2012, after a general census, the Rwandan ministry of local administration set the official death toll at 1,074,017. Dénombrement des victimes du génocide et des massacres, MINALOC, Kigali, 2002. [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 11]. Available from: http://cnlg.gov.rw/IMG/pdf/ denombrement_des_victimes_ du_genocide_perpetre_contre_ les_tutsi_avril_2004.pdf REMAK was founded in January 2001 as a response to the widespread violation of human rights in the territory of Mwenga, South Kivu (DRC). Its mission is to defend and promote human rights, and provide medical and psychological support to victims of torture and sexual and gender-based violence. Based in Kamituga, they operate throughout the territory of Mwenga. 28 IRCT Great Lakes Project See also: Report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. And: Verpoorten M. Le coût en vies humaines du génocide rwandais : le cas de la province de Gikongoro. Population. 2005 April 60:401-439. 4 OHCHR. Report of the Mapping Exercise documenting the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003. 2010 Aug. 50 p. 5 International Rescue Committee. Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Ongoing Crisis. 2008 Jan. 6 Ministry of Health Rwanda [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http:// www.moh.gov.rw/fileadmin/ templates/Docs/PostedNational-Mental-health-Policy-1. pdf 7 World Health Organization [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http:// www.who.int/mental_health/ evidence/atlas/profiles/rwa_ mh_profile.pdf?ua=1 8 World Health Organization [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http:// www.who.int/mental_health/ evidence/atlas/profiles/bdi_ mh_profile.pdf 9 World Health Organization [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http:// www.who.int/mental_health/ evidence/atlas/profiles/cod_ mh_profile.pdf?ua=1 10 World Health Organization [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http://hdr.undp. org/sites/default/files/hdr14_ statisticaltables.xls 11 The World Bank [Internet]. [cited 2015 Aug 13] Available from: http://data.worldbank. org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP. PP.CD?order=wbapi_data_ value_2013+wbapi_data_ value+wbapi_data_valuelast&sort=desc 12 Amnesty International. Marked for Death: rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. 2005 Apr. 2 Report No: AFR 47/007/2004. 13 Freedom from Torture. Rape as torture in the DRC: Sexual violence beyond the conflict zone. 2014 June. See also Human Rights Watch. Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone. 2009 July and Human Rights Watch. Democratic Republic of Congo: Ending Impunity for Sexual Violence. 2014 June. 14 Amnesty International. Burundi: No protection from rape in war and peace. 2007 Oct. Report No: AFR 16/002/2007. 15 Ward J. If not now, when?: Addressing gender-based violence in refugee, internally displaced, and post-conflict settings: a global overview. New York, NY: Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium; 2002. IRCT Great Lakes Project 29