“First and foremost, the judicial process needs to be adjusted more effectively to victims’ psychological needs. All participants in the judicial process should consider how they can reduce the psychological burden of victim participation without compromising the legal procedures or fairness to the accused. TPO in Cambodia Collaboration between health and legal professionals is also of paramount importance, to provide the victim with the fullest range of psychosocial and legal support necessary, and also to provide specific expertise to the court, for example through expert reports. Maintaining and developing greater collaboration between stakeholders in the health, legal and court sectors is required to foster a greater understanding of the effects that participation in legal procedures can have on victims and the particular need torture victims have for support from courts and legal professionals. Thus it is vital to encourage greater cooperation among all stakeholders involved in legal proceedings (torture victims, health and legal caretakers, court officials, judges, etc.) to ensure that the judicial process takes into account the victim’s needs more effectively. “The staff and material capacity of PRIVA is limited in its ability to respond to the therapeutic needs of severely traumatised victims. Demand is higher than the capacity of the centre to provide psychosocial rehabilitation. PRIVA in Ecuador It should also be emphasised that the number of rehabilitation centres worldwide, providing the kinds of psychosocial support interventions described in Part 2 is limited as compared to the number of torture victims in need of support. In fact, the rehabilitation centres contributing to this report stress how lack of staff and financial 49

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