Many torture victims see justice as an integral part of their rehabilitation. However, as their stories in Part 1 illustrate, torture victims’ reasonable expectations of what can be achieved through justice are often not met. Victims are often confronted with a number of factors that can dissuade or stop them from pursuing justice including intimidation, delay, or legal professionals being unable to respond to their specific needs. Even when a torture victim decides to embark on a legal process, this potentially opens them up to aspects of the experience that will be particularly traumatic and for which they need care and support. It is essential to work on raising the victim’s awareness of the judicial process so that they can develop realistic expectations. This would prevent the victim from experiencing burnout due to a negative decision or lengthy proceedings. Also a victim should be prepared for the moment that they are required to testify and thus relive their trauma while remaining calm and objective. This requires not only awareness raising, but also training and psychological support, to enable the victim to overcome the stressful moments.” TRC in the Occupied Palestinian Territory As seen in Part 2 of the report, the need for rehabilitation centres to provide ongoing psychosocial support to torture victims at each stage of the legal proceedings must not be underestimated. This support may include preparing torture victims psychologically for trial, advising them on their rights and on the legal process, accompanying victims and their families to court and following up after trial, according to the torture victim’s individual needs. 48