IRCT [to 1 November 2014]

Middle East and North African IRCT members discuss response to the many challenges facing the region
31-10-2014
Twelve members of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and two observers from Sudan and Iraq, will meet in Jordan for their annual regional meeting from 3-6 November 2014, in coordination with the King Hussein Foundation (KHF).

The meeting will address the paradigm change in response to the many challenges and conflicts the region faces, particularly the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

The Regional meeting of the IRCT, a Copenhagen-based umbrella organisation that supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and the prevention of torture across more than 140 rehabilitation centres worldwide, will be launched under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor Al Hussein, Founder and Chair of King Hussein and Noor Al Hussein Foundations.