Recognising victims of torture in
national asylum procedures
A comparative overview of early identification
of victims and their access to medico-legal
reports in asylum-receiving countries
Author: Rachel Towers
Contributors: Miriam Reventlow, Hélène de Rengervé, Marnix de Witte
2013 © International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
All rights reserved
Printed in Denmark
ISBN 978-87-93113-00-8
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an
independent, international health-based human rights organisation,
which promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims,
promotes access to justice and works for the prevention of torture
worldwide. The vision of the IRCT is a world without torture.
For more information please visit www.irct.org
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