FIELDS OF WORK
TREATMENT and REHABILITATION
HRFT conducts treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors and their relatives for them to reach their physical, psychological and social well-being.
DOCUMENTATION
HRFT monitors human rights violations and documents violations in order to take a stand against rights violations, make them visible and contribute to reparation processes.
PREVENTION
HRFT conducts various prevention activities to make truth visible, create awareness in the public, disable impunity and remind the state of its duties on the absolute prohibition of torture.
COLLECTIVE TRAUMA
HRFT develops collective trauma programs to tackle man-made systematic interventions disrupting social, cultural and psychosocial foundations of a society.
HRFT PROJECTS
Defending freedoms of expression, media, association and assembly for reconstruction of the human rights environment (December 2019)
Strengthening Public Awareness and Action Against Gross and Serious Human Rights Violations Including Torture (January 2019)
Supporting academics as a human rights actor in a challenging context (December 2017 – December 2019)
Trauma and Human Rights Institute (THRI) as a Civil Society Network (December 2017 – December 2019)
LATEST REPORTS
2023 – Treatment Centres Report
Alternative Report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture for Its Consideration of the 5th Periodic Report of Turkey and the Committee’s Concluding Observations
2022 – Treatment Centres Report
Repression, Obstacles and Challenges Faced by Human Rights Defenders in Turkey in 2022
Closure Cases Against Associations in Turkey
Report on Human Rights Violations Aftermath of the Earthquakes in Turkey (February 6th – 27th, 2023)