Best practices Country, IRCT member Provide legal assistance to victims; collaborate with legal professionals and the court to improve support The rehabilitation centre’s own legal team collaborates with external lawyers and other NGOs with legal expertise to assist clients in legal cases. Colombia, Corporación AVRE; Germany, bzfo; Moldova, RCTV Memoria Legal clinics established in collaboration with the UN to assist victims and families by accompanying them to court and providing legal advice and assistance. Awareness raising campaigns organised within victims’ DRC, Save Congo communities to encourage victims to engage in legal proceedings against perpetrators. Meetings held with judges, lawyers, human rights activists to assist torture victims involved in legal proceedings. Direct legal advice provided to torture victims, including legal representation before the court, free of charge. Collaborations with court, including monitoring trials and providing experts for court. In some cases, experts produce medico-legal reports as evidence in proceedings. Lebanon, RESTART Kenya, IMLU; Serbia, IAN CRTV; Turkey, SOHRAM / CASRA Moldova, RCTV Memoria; Palestine, TRC Psycho-legal sessions provided as part of psychosocial support services. These aim to strengthen the resilience of victims and family to The Philippines, BALAY participate in legal proceedings. Training to lawyers on trauma management and how to respond to traumatised clients is offered. Sudan, ACTRVT Coordination in the context of forensic examinations Collaboration with Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF), a Peruvian forensic team. EPAF helped develop skills to conduct postmortem interviews to collect information on crimes and victims, to identify and document evidence, conduct forensic investigations and produce forensic reports to be used as evidence in legal proceedings. 56 Kenya, MATESO