IRCT [to 20 September 2014]

IRCT issues series of factsheets to tackle torture
15 September 2014

In collaboration with IRCT members across the globe, the IRCT is releasing a series of country factsheets to highlight how common torture is in the countries where IRCT torture rehabilitation centres operate.
The factsheets, released every two weeks throughout the year, summarise the situation of torture in the respective country, the accessibility to justice and rehabilitation and outline the numbers of torture victims. The factsheets also profile the main perpetrators and the ways in which each country can improve their own capacity to fight torture.

Currently the country factsheets cover essential torture information in Albania, Chile, Mexico, Moldova, Pakistan, Peru, Russia and Turkey. Over the coming months factsheets will be released covering Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.