Centre for Attention to Victims of Ill-Treatment and Torture

Comprehensive Support for Victims of Violence

We have supported over 1,000 individuals affected by violence. We are committed to establishing strategic and psycho-legal mechanisms for investigating rights violations, while also working to enhance the coping and resilience strategies of the victims.

We work with people to regain control of their lives and defend the truth of their stories. We fight against violence. We promote justice and reparation.

ABOUT US

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Documenting human rights violations

We work to ensure mechanisms for thestrategic and psycho-legal investigation of human rights violations.

All our work is complemented by advocacy and networking actions. We also offer training to groups and professionals.

SERVICES

Forensic Assessment

Forensic medical evaluations with psycho-legal and psycho-legal attention. We are specialized in the application of the Istanbul Protocol.

Therapeutic Attention

Psychological and psychiatric attention and therapeutic accompaniment

Research

We investigate violence and its consequences. We develop new perspectives and theoretical developments.

Training

Spaces for discussion and theoretical-practical learning. Attention and Team supervision.

Publications

Our center runs a research area dedicated to the medical-psychological study of the contemporary concept of torture and other human rights violations related to our work. We research violence and its consequences. We seek to share our research. We aim to generate new perspectives and theoretical developments.

PUBLICATIONS

Informe sombra sobre la situación de la tortura y los malos tratos en España - Julio 2023

Three protocols for the medico-legal documentation of psychological torture. Issue December. Dignity

La Cañada Responde - Impactos psicosociales derivados del corte de suministro electrico. Grupo Acción Comunitaria y Centro Sira

Resilience in torture survivors reflections. Llearnings and ways forward. Torture Journal

Torturing Environments and Migration. Edizioni Ca Foscari

Laberintos de tortura -Violencias e impactos en el transito migratorio desde Africa hasta Espana. Grupo Acción Comunitaria y Centro Sira

Impactos psicosociales de la Frontera Norte-Africana-Sur española. El danño de la Frontera Sur desde una mirada psicosocial. Iridia y Novact

Mapping migration detention. Mixed methods grounded theory transdisciplinary encounters. Methods in Psychology

La version actualizada de 2022 del Protocolo de Estambul - Kit de orientación para personas con prisa. Torture Journal

Physical Torture. Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Third Edition

Forensic Assessment of Psychological Torture. Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Third Edition

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