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Resources Finder for Torture Victims, Asylum-Seekers, Detainees, & Refugees

In helping torture survivors and those who seek asylum or find refuge in new countries, a major problem is quickly locating resources.

There are over 130 links below to resources such as:

major centers (e.g., Program for Torture Victims, Los Angeles; Bellvue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture; Berlin Center for Treatment of Torture Victims; Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture),
online courses (e.g., Caring for Refugees and Survivors of Torture: An Internet Course),
legal services (e.g., Lawyers Without Borders; Human Rights First),
information about asylum and refuge (e.g., U.S. Asylum Network; Asylum Law Resources; Immigration Resource Directory; Scholars At Risk Network; Online Know Your Rights Manual for Detained LGBT Asylum Seekers),
networks of torture survivors (e.g., Survivors of Torture International; Torture Survivors Network),
human rights organizations providing information and services (e.g., African Rights; Amnesty International; Asian Human Rights Commission; Coalition of International NGOs against Torture; Human Rights Hotline; RefugeeNet; Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children),
guides to assessment (e.g., Health Professional's Guide to Medical and Psychological Evaluations of Torture; Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture), and
other diverse resources.

Please follow this link for a related page on this web site containing over 130 citations of articles addressing Psychologists' & Physicians' Involvement in Detainee Interrogations.