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.
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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.”
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