why resst
The Support Network for Survivors of Torture (ReSST) brings together public and private bodies and NGOs that offer specialized programs or services to assist those who have suffered torture and other serious violence. The Network promotes information and awareness-raising initiatives on the issues of torture, its short- and long-term consequences on survivors and their communities, and the need to strengthen at various levels the implementation of international norms and standards against torture and the related tools for prevention, monitoring and repression.
Against torture
At the international level, the prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment is universally recognized as absolute and non-derogable. The prohibition without exceptions has been strengthened by the introduction of specific standards for the investigation and documentation of torture, international mechanisms for prevention, control and repression, and guidelines to improve conditions of detention and impose safeguards during the arrest and detention of persons.
However, 40 years after the adoption of the UN Convention, ratified today by 173 countries, the commitment to put an end to this practice has been resoundingly betrayed.
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