and Italy a re-examination; in Sweden a review.
67.
(bzfo)), Internationale Ärzte für die Verhütung des
Atomkrieges, Ärzte in sozialer Verantwortung,
(IPPNW; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, German Section: Physicians
in Social Responsibility), Refugio München (Counseling and Treatment Center for Refugees and
Victims of Torture, Munich) & Jesuiten-Flüchtlingsdienst Deutschland (Jesuit Refugee Service Germany, (JRS). The shortfalls highlighted in the Parallel Report are referred to in more detail in Part 3
of this report.
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68. Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board. Guideline on procedures with respect to vulnerable persons appearing before the IRB. 8.4.
69. The member centre in Australia further noted
that this does not include a judicial review stage
of national asylum proceedings (i.e. a challenge
brought by a failed asylum seeker against the
state in relation to a decision to refuse asylum on
one or more public law grounds).
70.
Australia. Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee
Review Tribunal. Guidance on the Assessment of
Credibility. 8.2, 8.4 and 8.5.
71.
Ibid. paragraph 44.
72.
Hungary. Cordelia Foundation confirmed that
funding for MLRs is from the European Refugee
Fund (ERF) and UNVFVT. The government matches
the ERF’s contribution, so it indirectly contributes
to funding the costs of MLRs.
73.
Some of the additional information on costs of
MLRs was provided by centres in Finland, Ireland,
Moldova and Sweden in response to the ICAR
Foundation survey: Medical certification on Torture. April 2012.
74.
75.
76.
SBPM is a Working Group in Germany that has
produced ‘Standards on the assessment of reactive mental trauma episodes’. See http://sbpm.
de.
See for example: Haenel F. and Wenk-Ansohn
M. (Ed.). Begutachtung psychisch reaktiver Traumafolgen in aufenthaltsrechtlichen Verfahren.
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Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) did not
participate in the IRCT questionnaire. However,
more information on the training it offers and its
work with asylum-seekers and refugees is available at: http://www.tihv.org.tr/ (accessed on 20
May 2013).
77.
Ireland. Criminal Justice (United Nations
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at:
http://emn.ie/cat_search_detail.
jsp?clog=4&itemID=36&item_name (accessed on
8 May 2013).
78.
This additional information on referrals was provided by member centres in response to the ICAR
Foundation survey, April 2012.
79.
Amnesty International. Annual Report on France,
2012. Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,COI,,,FRA,,4fbe393cc,0.html (last
accessed on 23 September 2013).
80. The “airport procedure” was highlighted to the
UN Committee against Torture in a Parallel Report,
Complementing the 5th Periodic Report of the
Federal German Government (CAT/C/DEU/5) in
accordance with the United Nations Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Submitted
in 2011 by: Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer
(Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims
84 / Recognising victims of torture in national asylum procedures
81.
For more information see: http://www.bamf.de/
EN/Migration/AsylFluechtlinge/Asylverfahren/
BesondereVerfahren/besondereverfahren-node.
html and http://www.proasyl.de/en/topics/
basics/asylum-from-a-to-z/ (accessed on 21 May
2013).
82. iMMO indicated that there is an accelerated procedure in which VoTs can be processed. RvA NL
indicated that there is no accelerated procedure.
83. UN Human Rights Committee. Concluding observations of the Netherlands. 25 August 2009.
CCPR/C/NLD/CO/4. Paragraph 9.
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2012. Available at: http://www.refworld.org/
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2013).
85.
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website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/ (accessed on 21
May 2013).
86. The member centre in Baltimore — ASTT — confirmed that some asylum hearings are expedited,
for example, if the applicant has a sound claim but
did not meet the one-year deadline for filing the
asylum application, they may be automatically
sent for a court hearing.
87.
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89. Amnesty International. Amnesty International
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90. The response from FAVL refers to Article 37 of the
law on foreign citizens of the Republic of Armenia.
Article 47 of the same law states: “In case Police
temporary detains the asylum seeker, the Designated Body shall have unhindered access to the
asylum seeker and his/her family members, in
order to continue with the asylum procedure, as
well as to facilitate the regularization of their residential status.”
91.
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