This training module gives an overview of the evidence of torture, the strategic issues when identifying and preparing torture evidence, characteristics of good pieces of evidence, conducting interviews to collect evidence and writing a witness statement. This module should be read in complementarity with Module 13: Working with Survivors of… Read More
This training module gives an overview of the legal ethics and the legal code of conduct. It also highlights the role of lawyers or NGOs with their clients, the enhanced responsibility to those representing torture survivors, and the ethical issues relating to cases against torture. Read More
This module provides an overview of the psychological aspects of working with adult and child victims of trauma in strategic litigation. It is designed to inform civil society organisations and legal practitioners who work on human rights litigation and other forms of public interest litigation involving traumas from violence such… Read More
This training module gives an overview of torture and ill-treatment in detention settings, the forms of treatment in the context of detention or imprisonment that amount to torture, the legal standards to safeguard against torture and the mechanisms to report torture to prevent or stop it. Read More
This training module covers the writing of human rights claims on behalf of individuals and against States before international and regional treaty bodies. Some of this advice can also be used to assist in writing complaints at the domestic level. Read More
This training module explains what compensation is, its different forms, functions and limits. It also explains who is entitled to compensation and the challenges and obstacles in pursuing compensation in torture cases. Read More
This training module explains what reparation is, its many forms, principles and standards. It also provides practical and comparative examples related to claiming and accessing reparations in different contexts in a survivor-centred manner and proposes strategies to overcome obstacles in the journey towards reparation. Read More
This training module gives an overview of the different forums where survivors of torture or lawyers representing survivors of torture can submit their complaints to obtain justice and reparation. Read More
