Mandate

• To expose and document torture on a health professional basis.
• To develop clinical diagnoses and treatment methods of torture survivors on the basis of systematic examination of the torture survivors and research into torture and organised violence.
• To apply the experiences thus achieved in the education and advocacy in order to contribute to the global effort to abolish torture.

Coverage

• The rehabilitation department in the RCT treats torture survivors living in Denmark.
• The international department supports NGOs in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Fields of Work

• Human Rights Education
• Arab Reform
• Justice
• Freedom from Torture

Main Activities

• Carrying out project work in the South in co-operation with centres and programmes aiming at treating and rehabilitating torture survivors and preventing torture
• Conducting education and advocacy in order to promote knowledge of the reasons for torture, conventions and laws, treatment methods and prevention of torture
• Running a centre that undertakes clinical research and method development in order to provide knowledge on torture and the form and extent of the after-effects of torture as well as treats and rehabilitates persons who have been subjected to torture