MONITORING AND EVALUATION  The UN Committee against Torture has stated that states should have mechanisms to oversee, monitor, evaluate and report on implementation of Article 14. Such mechanisms should collect data on the numbers of torture victims, their vulnerabilities, their rights and needs, and the services and/or funding offered by the state to meet them. Having monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place also allows states to assess the effectiveness of services and ensure they remain sustainable by being financially secure and relevant to the particular needs of torture victims, their families and the wider community. Belgium: Evaluating reception conditions for vulnerable asylum seekers In Belgium, a legal mechanism is in place to assess specific needs of vulnerable persons once they are allocated to reception facilities. Within 30 calendar days after having been assigned a reception place, the individual situation of the asylum seeker is examined to determine if the accommodation is adapted to her or his personal needs. Particular attention is paid to signs of vulnerability that are not immediately detectable. A Royal Decree formalized this evaluation procedure, requiring an interview of the individual with a social assistant. This should be followed by a written evaluation report within 30 days, which has to be continuously and permanently updated, and should lead to a final assessment within a maximum of six months. The evaluation should contain a conclusion on the adequacy of the accommodation to the individual medical, social and psychological needs, with a recommendation as to appropriate measures to be taken, if any. A finding of vulnerability may lead to a transfer to more adequate accommodation, if necessary. South Africa: Monitoring and evaluation in non-state rehabilitation centre The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is a non-governmental organization that provides rehabilitation services to victims of torture and trauma. It has developed an extensive monitoring and evaluation system for its clinical work with torture victims. Through this system, data is collected on a regular basis to assess a client’s progress over time. Information is collected directly from clients through regular assessments and from clinicians who write Intervention Process Notes (IPNs). IPNs are completed for any intervention done with a client and cover the content of a session, notes for supervision (areas of concern) and main themes to emerge from the session. From an analysis of the data key impacts and interventions are identified. The results help to determine what treatments the centre should focus on and the range of different strategies needed according to the clients’ individual needs. Uganda: Court sanctioned monitoring of rehabilitation services In October 2017, a decision by the civil division of the High Court of Uganda (Abdu-Rashid Mbaziira and 19 Others Vs Attorney General, HCT-00-CV-MC- 0210-2017, 12 October 2017¬) awarded compensation and medical treatment to 22 people who were tortured in the context of a criminal investigation. While the victims remain in custody, the court ordered that the prison provide medical treatment for their injuries and instructed the African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, based in Kampala, to monitor the measures taken and to produce monthly reports to the court on the implementation of the decision. TOOL: Providing Rehabilitation to Victims of Torture and Other Ill-treatment 11/13