Assistance to victims of torture
31-12-1986 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 256
25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, 23 to 31 October 1986, Resolution 11
The Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Red Cross,
recalling Resolutions XIV and XV of the Twenty-fourth International Conference of the Red Cross on torture and assistance to victims of torture,
considering the experience gained from rehabilitation activities in a number of countries, such as humanitarian, legal, medical, psychological and social assistance to victims of torture,
urges National Societies, to take the initiative to give, either independently or in co-operation with their governments, humanitarian, legal, medical, psychological and social assistance to victims of torture in exile and, whenever possible, in their own countries.