North America and the Pacific No information was available about whether training is provided in Canada. In the USA, all three centres reported that training is provided on preparing MLRs for health experts. Generally. NGOs and US torture treatment programmes provide training, which is funded by grants. In Australia, there is no training on the preparation of MLRs specifically supported by public funds. However, organisations run some internal training. In New Zealand, RASNZ has trained health experts on preparing MLRs, with the help of the IRCT. The training was funded by RASNZ, the IRCT, the EU and UNHCR. “” Survivors of Torture, International, USA “Best practice should be to always include the physician’s CV when submitting an MLR. The physician should explain the connection between the physical findings and claimed means of harm.” 42 / Recognising victims of torture in national asylum procedures

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