8. The IRCT will be recognized as a leading source of knowledge on the generation and use of medical documentation in legal proceedings. 
 

The difference that we make

In 2009, in collaboration with the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), our Secretariat facilitated the training of some 5000 physicians, judges and prosecutors in Turkey on how to document torture according to international standards. The result was a snowball effect, especially within Turkish medical society. Several trainees initiated local trainings in their working environment (hospitals etc.) and presented their experience in different national scientific forums. In addition to helping Turkey establish much-needed expertise in this important field, the initiative also marked a highly successful process of collaboration between the IRCT, the TMA and the Turkish Ministries of Justice and Health. Several health professionals from Turkey have subsequently trained colleagues from Serbia, Georgia, Philippines as well as in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries.