need to bring perpetrators to justice and the role that justice can play as an essential element of the rehabilitation process for torture victims and the fight against impunity. • Where resources permit, lobby national decision-makers and legislators to improve state support to torture victims by increasing funding to non-governmental organisations providing rehabilitation services and authorities with responsibility for providing victim-support services. To health professionals Collaborate with legal professionals when assisting torture victims involved in a judicial process: • Facilitate torture victims’ access to legal support by placing them in contact with legal support, where appropriate. • Provide regular training to legal professionals (lawyers and court personnel, including judges and prosecutors) on how to handle traumatised victims. Trainings should include interview techniques for lawyers and prosecutors to enable relevant information to be gathered in a sensitive manner, without re-traumatising the victim. • Promote a multi-disciplinary approach to sharing expertise. Seminars and conferences, gathering legal and health professionals enable the exchange of knowledge and expertise on support needs of torture victims’ involved in legal proceedings and help to increase cooperation and sharing of best practices between the professions. To legal professionals Collaborate with health professionals and torture rehabilitation centres: • Share knowledge and expertise with health professionals and torture rehabilitation centres to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to providing support to torture victims. • Provide training on legal procedures to health professionals who treat victims participating in legal proceedings. For health professionals who testify as experts, training enables them to prepare adequately for the legal process so as to provide the best possible support to the victim. 53