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Human Rights Organizations: Committee against Torture
 [ International ]
Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma:
Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma aims to alleviate the suffering of those who have experienced the trauma of torture, to educate the local, national, and world community about the needs of torture survivors, and to advocate on their behalf.
[ Egypt ]
Al- Nadim Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation for the Victims of Violence:
The center for physiological rehabilitation for the victims of torture works to support and rehabilitate the victims of violence and torture whether Egyptian or from other nationalities. The Center also monitors the violations of Human Rights.
[ Palestine ]
Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights (French version):
The association is concerned with presenting legal services to detainees inside Israeli jails, along with its activities in defending the victims of violations, whoever perpetrates them.
[ International ]
Association for the Prevention of Torture:
The Association is an independent non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Geneva, Switzerland. Its primary objective is to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment throughout the world. The APT operates as a source of ideas and expertise for a broad variety of partners in torture prevention, ranging from Governments to NGOs, UN bodies, Regional bodies.
[ Kuwait ]
Association for Victims of Torture and Arbitrary Detention:
The association defends and rehabilitates torture victims and victims of arbitrary detention, it also works to defend and release the detainees and to stop the unlawful acts.
[ Morocco ]
Association of Families of Prisoners and Missing Persons of the Sahara (French version):
Calls for the Liberation of the Western Sahara ( occupied territories) and defends the victims of torture and political detention.
[ International ]
Center for Justice and accountability:
CJA works to deter torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world by helping survivors hold their persecutors accountable.
[ Euro-Med ]
Christian Action to Abolish Torture:
[ Egypt ]
Egyptian Association against Torture:
The Association monitors the violations of Human Rights and in precise the violations that victims of torture in Egypt face.
[ International ]
Front Line Defenders of Human Rights Defenders (French version):
Front Line was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting Human Rights Defenders, people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Front Line aims to address some of the needs identified by defenders themselves, including protection, networking, training and access to the thematic and country mechanisms of the UN and other regional bodies.
[ Libya ]
Human Rights Solidarity:
works to defend the rights of arbitrary detainees and political prisoners in Libya. The organization is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
[ Tunisia ]
International Association for Supporting Political Prisoners:
The association aims to defend and support political prisoners in Tunisia.
[ Tunisia ]
International Committee of Solidarity for Political Prisoners in Tunisia:
Works for putting an end to the inhumane conditions of detention of political prisoners in Tunisia.
[ International ]
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (French version):
IRCT is an independent, international health professional organization, which promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide. The organisation is based in Denmark.
[ Lebanon ]
Khiam Rehabilitation Center:
Al-Khiam Center for the Rehabilitation of the victims of torture aims to improve the health and psychological conditions of the persons who have been rescued from the Israeli concentration camps of torture. It establishes centers for medical, psychological and physical treatment and social, professional and educational rehabilitation.
[ Palestine ]
Mandela Institute for Human Rights:
Mandela is a Palestinian human rights organization focusing its efforts on the plight of political prisoners.
[ Gulf States ]
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence :
The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) is a non-governmental (NGO), non-profit organization based in Iran (Tehran) since 1988; its objectives are to limit and eliminate all kinds of violence, to promote a nonviolent culture, and to defend and support the victims of violence.
[ Palestine ]
Palestine Behind Bars (in Arabic):
A Private and independent site for the Freed detainee Abed Al Naser Farawne. It is specialized with the issues of the detainees and prisoners in the Israeli detention camps and prisons, and in monitoring violations against human rights in Palestine.
[ Palestine ]
Palestinian Prisoners Society (French version):
The society supports Palestinian Prisoners' Human Rights.
[ International ]
Redress Seeking Reparation For Torture Survivors:
REDRESS is a human rights organization that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation.It works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable. REDRESS’ national and international programs are aimed at ensuring that the rights of torture survivors, whoever they are, and wherever they are located, are realized in practice.
[ Lebanon ]
SOLIDA Movement (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily):
Solida is a movement for defending the rights of the arbitrarily detained Lebanese in the Syrian prisons. It is based in Paris, France.
[ International ]
Survivor International:
Survivors International (SI) was founded in 1986; it is a multidisciplinary network of professionals and volunteers from the fields of medicine, psychology, social work, public health, human rights and the law. Through this network SI provides necessary services to torture survivors at minimal or no cost.
[ Palestine ]
The East Jerusalem Young Men’s Christian Association Rehabilitation Program:
This center provides temporary residential accommodations for people with disabilities, both male and female, who participate in the Rehabilitation Program for periods of three to six months. It provides psychosocial counseling, vocational evaluation and counseling, house or school building modification, and self-employment opportunities.
[ International ]
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture:
Founded in 1985, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture provides care and rehabilitation to survivors of torture and other forms of organized violence.
[ International ]
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International:
TASSC International is the only organization founded by and for survivors of torture. Established on the guiding principles that torture is a crime against humanity and that survivors are the strongest and most effective voice in the campaign to end the practice of torture. The mission of TASSC International is to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs.
[ International ]
Track Impunity Always - TRIAL (French version):
Track Impunity Always (TRIAL) is an apolitical and non-confessional Association. It fights against impunity for the perpetrators, accomplices and instigators of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of torture.
[ Palestine ]
Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture:
The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC), is a Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization. It was established in 1997 to provide psychosocial services to survivors of politically motivated torture and violence, to their families and to their communities.
[ Palestine ]
Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture :
The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC), is a Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization, which was established to provide psychosocial services to survivors of politically motivated torture and violence, to their families and to their communities.
[ Tunisia ]
Tunisian Association for the Struggle against Torture:
The association monitors violations against political prisoners and prisoners of thought in Tunisia and works to defend their rights.
[ International ]
World Organisation Against Torture (French version):
The OMCT is the world’s largest coalition of non-governmental organizations fighting against arbitrary detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and other forms of violence. The coalition shares the goal of eradicating such practices and enabling the respect of human rights for all.
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