DELIVERY OF REHABILITATION SERVICES TO TORTURE VICTIMS  The UN Committee against Torture, in its General Comment 3, establishes three criteria to be considered in the implementation of state rehabilitation services for torture victims: (i) Are rehabilitation services sufficiently available? Is information about victims’ rights and the existence of rehabilitation services available, including in languages of ethnic and religious minorities? Are a sufficient number of relevant professionals employed in rehabilitation services and do they cover all relevant geographical areas? AVAILABLE ACCESSIBLE (ii) Are rehabilitation services accessible to all torture victims? Can they be accessed without discrimination, promptly and in a safe, secure and confidential environment? (iii) Are rehabilitation services appropriate, including by meeting the specific needs of the victims? Are they provided according to medical ethics and with special processes and approaches in place for vulnerable clients and gender specific forms of torture? Are there training opportunities for health-care and legal professionals? “ APPROPRIATE We can only create a world without torture if we fully address the damage it has caused to all of its victims. Through decades of supporting torture victims to rebuild their lives, we know that the rehabilitation process needs to take point of departure in the victims’ needs, choices and aspirations. This is the only way we can meaningfully understand what makes services available, accessible and appropriate.” Victor Madrigal Borloz, Secretary-General, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) Peru: Making rehabilitation services available where they are most needed The Reparations Council of Peru was charged with registering and certifying victims of the armed conflict 19802000 – both as groups and individuals – to establish their eligibility for reparations under the Comprehensive Reparations Program (PIR) (Law 28592). As part of the process, the Reparations Council consulted with local victims’ organizations and other relevant civil society organizations to ensure the appropriate collection of information on numbers of individual victims and “collective beneficiaries”. This information fed into the creation of a reparations programme for victims of the armed conflict. As part of the programme, the Ministry of Health created a Comprehensive Reparations Programme on Mental Health, which targeted the ten geographical areas most affected by the armed conflict. The programme hired professionals and trained staff to provide mental health services to victims of the armed conflict. Kenya: Access to rehabilitation during criminal proceedings The Kenya Prevention of Torture Act, 2017 explicitly provides for court sanctioned rehabilitation for victims of torture, at any time, with the cost to be covered by the Victim Protection Trust Fund, which was established by the Victim Protection Act in 2014. This provides a legal basis for victims to get the support they need to address the physical and psychological consequences of torture, including prior to the conclusion of, often lengthy, legal proceedings. TOOL: Providing Rehabilitation to Victims of Torture and Other Ill-treatment 9/13