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OMCT International Secretariat
PO Box 21
8, rue du Vieux-Billard
1211 Geneva 8
Switzerland
Phone: + 41 22 809 4939
Fax: + 41 22 809 4929
E-mail:

Contacts for the Media
Iolanda Jaquemet, Director of Communications
E-mail: ij(@)omct.org

OMCT Tunis
2, Avenue de France
Immeuble Le National (Apt. 325)
Tunis Bab Bhar 1000
Tunisia
Tel: +216 71 322 561
Fax: + 216 71 322 562
E-mail: omct-tun(@)omct.org  
Website: www.omct-tunisie.org




OMCT Europe
Rue Franklin 111
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Tel/Fax : +32 2 218 37 19
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Victims Assistance

The OMCT Urgent Assistance Fund for Victims of Torture, established in 1986, operates thanks to the OMCT SOS-Torture Network, through which the OMCT is able to provide – quickly and efficiently – direct, immediate assistance to any victim of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, regardless of their location or situation, so they can receive at least partial remedies that are useful and effective, enabling them to begin on the long journey to seek full redress and rehabilitation for the crimes committed against them. Please be advised that the OMCT Urgent Assistance Fund for Victims of Torture is granted exclusively based on the following criteria. Eligibility for assistance through the OMCT requires that you are:
  • a direct or indirect victim of torture, or under the threat of torture;

  • in need of urgent assistance (the fund does not provide long-term assistance);

  • should be willing to undergo checks by qualified professionals, i.e. doctors, lawyers or other specialists, to confirm the testimony;

  • should ideally be represented or in contact with a local OMCT Network Member or partner organisation which is able to vouch for the veracity of the information and facts conveyed in the request, and which is able to manage and account for the funds provided, as well as ensure they are used for the intended purposes. 

For requests of assistance, or to better understand the information required by the OMCT for those seeking assistance, please download the form from this page: Formulaire  and send it to: victims(@)omct.org


Article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture defines torture in the following terms:

"(T)he term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions."

OMCT International Secretariat
PO Box 21, 8, rue du Vieux-Billard, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 809 4939
Fax: + 41 22 809 4929
E-mail:
OMCT Europe
Rue Franklin 111
1000 Brussels
Tel. / Fax: +32 2 218 37 19
E-mail:
OMCT TUNIS
3, Rue Hassen Ibn Nooman
Cité Jardins | Tunis 1002
Tel: +216 71 791 114
Fax: +216 71 791 115
E-mail:
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