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Palestinian Coalition Against Torture: Press Release

Date: 19/10/2023 The Palestinian Coalition Against Torture expresses its grave concern and condemns the escalation of arrests in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which took more arbitrary forms on the 7 th of October. To date, the occupation forces have arrested more than 850 Palestinians, including liberated



Crisis Intervention: Stranded Workers From the Gaza Strip

The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) visited Ramallah Recreational Center on Thursday 12/10/2023 to assess the situation of the stranded workers from the Gaza Strip. The meeting focused solely on providing psychological first aid and crisis intervention in groups. Providing support included basic



TRC is conducting a training workshop in Jabal Al-Mukaber, East Jerusalem.

TRC conducted a training workshop in Jabal Al-Mukaber, East Jerusalem on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. This event is part of the project "Protecting Children's Rights in East Jerusalem: Access to Specialized Rehabilitation and Treatment Services for the Most Marginalized Children and Their Families in East



TRC received a French delegation

On 8 of May 2023; TRC received a French delegation, consisting of 12 participants from partners of the French-Palestinian-Moroccan-Tunisian Association to Combat Violence Against Women in the Loire-Atlantique region of France.



Mr. Khader Rasras was elected as a Chairman of the Scientific and Health Advisory Board in IRCT.

Mr. Khader Rasras the Director General of TRC, was elected as a Chairman of the Scientific and Health Advisory Board by the general assembly in the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT). The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC) has been awarded



Memo of cooperation with AAU

On Monday, August 29th, 2022, the Legal Clinic of the Law Faculty at the Arab American University, in conjunction with the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture, signed a joint cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by the center's director, Mr. Khader Rassras, and the legal



TRC and the Ministry of Women's Affairs signed a joint cooperation agreement.

On Thursday, 18 of May,  2023. The Center for Rehabilitation and Treatment of Victims of Torture and the Ministry of Women's Affairs signed in Ramallah  a joint cooperation agreement. Dr. Mahmoud Sehwail, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and founder of the center, and Dr. Amal Hamad, the



Dr. Mahmud Sehwail win the prize for the best article in the CTI Journal 2022

On behalf of the entire TRC Team, we extend our warmest congratulations to the founder of TRC Dr. Mahmud Sehwail for winning the prize for the best article in the CTI Journal 2022. CTI Journal, published by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), holds significant importance in the field



opening ceremonies of the exhibition of handicrafts by women and men inmates of the Correction and Rehabilitation Centres inmates

On the Second of July, 2023 in commemoration of the International Day for the Victims of Torture, the Palestinian Police and in cooperation with the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture organized the opening ceremonies of the exhibition of handicrafts by women and men inmates of the Correction



TRC held its annual conference in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day

(TRC) Ramallah- 13 th Dec 2018 Treatment and Rehabilitation Center of Victims of Torture (TRC) in partnership with Rescate held on Monday 10/12/2018 the annual conference in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, which is annually organized on December 10th funded by



TRC publishes a leaflet on children rights

TRC publishes a leaflet on children rights Under project "Supporting the Right to Recovery for Traumatized Children and their Families in Conflict Affected Areas of the West Bank and East Jerusalem" funded by OCHA, TRC publishes a leaflet on children rights, which was written and designed in a simple language



Conference: Psychological Torture - Definition and Measures of Prevention and Protection. Dec 2022

On 13 of Dec, 2022 in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day, and the fifth anniversary of the State of Palestine’s Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Palestinian Ministry of Interior/ Human