The torture reporting handbook

Since its establishment in , AF has been at the forefront of human rights advocacy and actively confronting the decades-old culture of impunity in Nepal. It has done so by systematically documenting human rights abuses, monitoring detention centres and formally building court cases. It has also been involved in capacity development of the victims themselves and high level policy advocacy aimed to create effective institutions and legal and policy frameworks necessary for the fair and effective delivery of justice.

It is a network of 79 civil society organisations working towards the defence, promotion and education of human rights in Peru. Its mission is the promotion of a culture of comprehensive human rights and the consolidation of democratic institutions, with one of its main objectives being to end the practice of torture in Peru and to empower survivors and their families and communities.

They have experience in litigation of torture cases at the domestic and supranational levels. Their work is underpinned by a holistic approach involving litigation, medical and psychosocial rehabilitation of survivors of torture, monitoring government adherence to its human rights obligations and advocacy for policy, legal and institutional reforms. Over the last two decades they have assisted over 4, victims of torture, cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment through the support of their national networks of professionals: doctors, trauma counsellors, lawyers, human rights monitors and journalists.

Lawyers for Justice in Libya LFJL is an independent non-governmental organisation and charity, incorporated for the public benefit in order to defend and promote human rights in Libya.

Through its work in the fields of national and international advocacy, human rights education, legal reform, strategic litigation, and transitional justice, LFJL seeks to become a catalyst, during the transitional period and beyond, for the establishment of a state based on the rule of law and democracy. REDRESS helps torture survivors from around the world to obtain justice and reparation by providing free legal assistance to individuals and communities, advocacy and capacity building.

It works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable. It has successfully litigated on behalf of survivors at the domestic and international levels. Company number Reporting on Torture' media handbook launched to support journalists June 25, News Publications. And there was always rape too. I think every guard in that prison had raped me by the time I was released. We need to change that.

Survivors must be heard and documentation of such crime must be survivor-centred. We have to take a zero tolerance approach to torture. That is why the new edition of the Torture Reporting Handbook is so important. The reporting from the vital civil society groups around the world makes clear that torture is an everyday reality in dozens of countries.

Yet torture is absolutely banned under the United Nations Convention against Torture. This ban is not just a utopian wish. The pathway towards a culture of torture prevention is set out in the Optional Protocol to the Convention. In far too many countries, torture remains commonplace because governments lack the political will to end it. I am proud that the UK has the will to speak out against torture. As the Prime Minister said, torture is always wrong.

The UK, with our partners, stands ready to support those states who wish to strengthen national protection mechanisms. The launch of the new edition of the handbook demonstrates that commitment.