RCT welcomes first report from a new comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluating (M&E) system for psychosocial services.

A new report offers knowledge about post-war Sierra Leone and how the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is being perceived by local communities.

A new RCT study reveals a number of worrying findings all pointing towards a society still more pervaded by impunity.

The South African NGO Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has with support from RCT published a booklet called: ”Preventing and Combating torture in South Africa- A framework for action under CAT and OPCAT”, written by Lukas Muntingh.

RCT’s partnerorganisation in South Africa the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has published a report written by Olivia Streater designed to assist civil society and South African institutions in deciding what body or institutions that could fulfill the task of being the national preventive mechanism under OPCAT.

In May 2008 a workshop on testimonial therapy was organized with the joint collaboration of the RCT and PVCHR. During the workshop a special manual for the use of Testimony Therapy in India was created.

South African law provides for the protection and care of those who have been tortured in their home countries and wish to seek political asylum. A recent analysis of the health needs of exiled torture survivors living in South Africa shows a gloomy picture. The study estimates that as much as 13,500 tortured exiles are in need of health services, and very few of those are receiving appropriate treatment.