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The ODVV’s Presence in IRCT’s 10th International Scientific Symposium
and General Assembly
TheInternationalRehabilitation
Council for Torture Victims
(IRCT) Scientific Symposium
which was the first global
event to look in detail accords
disciplines at how to deliver
on the promise of the right
to rehabilitation for torture
victims as set out in the UN
Convention against Torture
was held from 5-7 December
2016 in Mexico City.
Bringing together the global
rehabilitation movement for the first time in 10 years, the event was a unique opportunity for service
providers, clinicians, human rights defenders, researchers, lawyers, funders and policy-makers
to come together to exchange experiences and research on developments in the rehabilitation of
survivors of torture.
During the three-day event, presentations were covered more than 100 topics connected to
delivering on the promise of the right to rehabilitation. These include many different topics and
issues such as the refugee transit camps of southern Europe and elsewhere, the plight of Central
American migrants, and a trio of talks on the US detention center opened in 2006 at Guantanamo
Bay in Cuba.
As scheduled after the symposium the IRCT General Assembly which is a fundamental platform
that further solidifies the democratic nature of the IRCT, was held in the same place on 8-9
December 2016.
At that time, there was also a meeting of the newly elected Council, as well as the election of
the new Executive Committee took place and new EXCOM members elected by the Council
members.
All IRCT member centers across the globe including the ODVV have been invited for both events.
The IRCT embraces 152 rehabilitation centers from 74 countries, representing an international
movement against torture and for victims of torture.