Acknowledgments This report would not have been possible without the valuable contribution of torture victims and the professionals working in rehabilitation centres to support them. The IRCT is extremely grateful to the torture victims who provided their personal stories and wishes them every success in their pursuit of justice. The IRCT Secretariat also extends its gratitude to the IRCT members who provided the expert knowledge and best practice examples conveyed in this report and who assisted the Secretariat with collecting stories from their clients. The following IRCT members participated in this report: Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT) Sri Lanka Balay Rehabilitation Center (Balay) Medical Action Group (MAG) Survivors Associated Albania Albanian Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma and Torture Victims (ARCT) Armenia Foundation against Violation of Law (FAVL) Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre for Torture Victims, Sarajevo (CTV Sarajevo) Vive Žene Centre for Therapy and Rehabilitation Croatia Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma (RCT Zagreb) France Georgia Germany Parcours d’Exil Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims (bzfo) Kosovo Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT) Moldova Medical Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (RCTV Memoria) Netherlands Romania Serbia Turkey Ukraine Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland (RvA, NL) ICAR Foundation in Bucharest (MRCTV Bucharest) International Aid Network Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (IAN CRVT) Centre of Social Action, Rehabilitation and Readjustment (SOHRAM/CASRA) Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Ankara Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TIHV/HRFT Ankara) International Medical Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Wars and Totalitarian Regimes (IRC) Latin America Nepal Argentina MENA India Society for Social Research, Art and Culture (SOSRAC) Philippines Europe Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation (TPO) Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Equipo Argentino de Trabajo e Investigación Psicosocial (EATIP) Instituto de Terapia e Investigación sobre las Secuelas de Tortura y la Violencia Estatal (ITEI) Acompañamiento Psicosocial y Atención en Salud Mental a Víctimas de Violencia Política (Corporación AVRE) Centro de Atención Psicosocial (CAPS Colombia) Fundación para la Rehabilitación Integral de Víctimas de Violencia (PRIVA) Venezuela Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz (Red de Apoyo) Iran Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) Lebanon Palestinian Territory, Occupied Chad Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Cambodia Democratic Republic of Congo Kenya Sierra Leone Sudan Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture (RESTART) Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC) Association Jeunesse pour la paix et la Non Violence/ Centre de Rehabilitation des Victimes de la Torture (AJPNV/ CRVT) Save Congo Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) Mwatikho Torture Survivors Organisation (MATESO) Community Association for Psychosocial Services (CAPS) Amel Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (ACTRVT) 13