Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims
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The Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) is a self-governing institution independent of party politics located in Denmark
. The institution works to expose and document torture
on a health professional basis, develop clinical diagnoses and treatment methods of torture survivors, educate in order to contribute to the global effort to abolish torture.
To achieve these this, RCT runs a centre that undertakes clinical research
and method development to provide knowledge on torture and the form and extent of the after-effects as well as treat and rehabilitate those have been subjected to torture. RCT also promotes knowledge of the reasons for torture, conventions and laws, treatment methods and prevention of torture as well as carrying out project work aimed at treating and rehabilitating torture survivors and preventing torture.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The institution works to expose and document torture
Torture
Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty. Throughout history, torture has often been used as a method of political re-education, interrogation, punishment, and coercion...
on a health professional basis, develop clinical diagnoses and treatment methods of torture survivors, educate in order to contribute to the global effort to abolish torture.
To achieve these this, RCT runs a centre that undertakes clinical research
Clinical research
Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use...
and method development to provide knowledge on torture and the form and extent of the after-effects as well as treat and rehabilitate those have been subjected to torture. RCT also promotes knowledge of the reasons for torture, conventions and laws, treatment methods and prevention of torture as well as carrying out project work aimed at treating and rehabilitating torture survivors and preventing torture.