Best practices
Country,
IRCT member
Integrate the family in the psychosocial support programme
Psychological, medical and therapeutic assistance always provided to
victim’s family as well as to victim.
Colombia, CCAPS
Victim’s family is included in support to help them to accept and
understand the victim and to face society. It also helps the victim feel
more at ease emotionally.
India, SOSRAC
Consultations organised before and after trial with victim and family to
discuss trial experience.
Venezuela, Red de
Apoyo
Create survivor support groups
Survivor support groups include victims’ family and friends, human
rights activists, health caretakers and legal professionals. Creates social
interaction and a sense of belonging, providing a forum to discuss
The Philippines, MAG
emotions and receive emotional support. These groups are crucial in
establishing support networks to meet health and social welfare needs
of victims and relatives.
Victims, family members and friends brought together with health
staff and lawyers to form a ‘supportive network’.
Romania, ICAR
Provide legal assistance to victims; collaborate with legal
professionals and the court to improve support
Seminars organised for legal and non-legal professionals, including
prosecutors, lawyers, policemen, social workers, psychologists,
pedagogues, etc.
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
CTV Sarajevo
Cooperation with Khmer Rouge International Tribunal, the Witness
and Expert Support Unit, and the Victims Support Unit. TPO
provides psychological services including preparatory psychological
interventions, on-site psychological support prior to and during the
proceedings/testimony, intensive psychological and psychiatric
debriefing and follow-up care after trial. It offers basic legal counselling
and collaborates closely with the legal representatives of torture
victims who participate in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
Capacity building programmes developed to train legal staff working
for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on torture victims’ trauma.
Cambodia, TPO
Complaints against perpetrators lodged on behalf of torture victims so
as to mitigate the risks of direct reprisals against victims.
Chad, AJPNV /CRVT
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