Report Of Torture In Manipur 2014-2015 : Download Full Report
International Day In Support For Victims Of Torture
CORE / H2H *
A report prepared by the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) on the
practice and incidents of torture in Manipur documented by the organisation’s autonomous
humanitarian action service for victims of torture, the Human to Humane Transcultural Centre
for Torture and Trauma Victims (H2H). The documentation was done for the period from
2014 to May 2015 and includes information on the rehabilitation efforts made by H2H for
the victims and their families. The report is released on the occasion of the UN International
Day in Support for Victims of Torture, 26 June 2015
Executive Summary
The Human to Humane Transcultural Centre for Torture and Trauma Victims (H2H) an independent humanitarian
service of the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE), India views the prevailing climate of
impunity in Manipur leading to the perpetuation of the practice of torture and related trauma as leading to one of
the worst forms of psychosocial anguish and deeply ingrained social anomie.
Furthermore, the administration of
justice and efforts to understand and address the health and psychological needs of the victims and their families,
in which the state plays no decisive and accountable role, has continued to be a far cry for decades.
This report, released on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2015,
which contains data gathered over a period of one year by the centre, provides a background and context to the
practice of torture by state and non-state agencies, organisations and entities.
The theme of this year’s affirmative
commemoration all over the world is “Right to Rehabilitation”. The report expresses the anguish of the deep
trauma and inter-related psychosocial consequences that victims and their families suffer and the efforts made by
CORE and H2H to address them by providing rehabilitation services. Recommendations are made in the end that
addresses the governments as well as non-state actors including civil society.
Download the full Report here - PDF - 682 KB
* Debabrata Roy Laifungbam sent this report to e-pao.net
The writer is a Senior Director at Human to Humane Transcultural Centre for Trauma & Torture (H2H) and President, Elders' Council, Centre for Organisation Research & Education who can be contacted at laifungbam(aT)coremanipur(doT)org
This article was posted on June 27, 2015.
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