DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING REHABILITATION SERVICES: THINGS TO CONSIDER  1. Do provisions already exist in national legislation to provide rehabilitation to torture victims and mechanisms for funding specialized rehabilitation services? If not, is there alternative legislation or policy that provides rehabilitation to other victims’ groups, such as victims of crime, human trafficking or sexual or domestic violence that could be amended and adapted to cover torture victims? In this context, it is important to consider whether adapting other services will effectively respond to the specific needs of torture victims. 2. Has an assessment or survey been undertaken by the state to determine needs, capacities and constraints? Would this be helpful? In this regard, such an assessment or survey may yield information on: • What the specific needs of torture victims are, including, for example, the needs of victims of sexual torture, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerabilities, and whether these needs are being met by existing rehabilitation services; and • What the capacities of current rehabilitation services are, and where they are state-led or non-state services. It may also reveal the existing gaps in the delivery of rehabilitation services to torture victims Such a mapping exercise should include consultations with torture victims and victims’ groups. 3. Based on existing systems and structures (including the legal framework) and the in-need population, what model (state-led, non-state or hybrid) would work best to ensure rehabilitation is available, accessible and appropriate? Could the existing public-health system and budget be used as a starting point for establishing specialized rehabilitation services? 4. In designing policies, programmes and services, are there particular considerations that need to be taken into account in relation to specific victim groups, such as women, children, persons with disabilities, asylum seekers or refugees, or LGBTI persons? 5. Which government departments (health, social services, women, children, criminal justice, etc.) should be involved in the establishment and funding of rehabilitation services? How will decision-makers from different departments work together to ensure that rehabilitation services are successfully provided to all victims of torture? 6. Are rehabilitation services available to torture victims? This information can be based, in part, on the results of the needs assessment (point 2 above) and can be included in the monitoring and evaluation of current services. Additional information, such as the number of staff employed in rehabilitation services, disaggregated by profession, would also be useful. 7. When delivering rehabilitation services or monitoring and evaluating current services, consider whether rehabilitation services are sufficiently accessible to torture victims. For example, who is eligible to access services, how and when are victims able to access services, are services free to access and do they guarantee the safety of TOOL: Providing Rehabilitation to Victims of Torture and Other Ill-treatment 12/13