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IAN ANNUAL REPORT 2012 IAN ANNUAL REPORT 2012 MENTAL HEALTH 8 www.ian.org.rs
Torture Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme / Prevention activities Donors: European Commission through EIDHR United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture MENTAL HEALTH Contact person: Natasa Cvetkovic Jovic ncvetkovic@ian.org.rs Project description: At the end of 2010 IAN started a three year project for torture prevention and rehabilitation of victims, in partnership with Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP), Netherlands. The project contributes to eradicating torture and impunity in Serbia and the Balkan region through provision of comprehensive rehabilitation for victims and building capacities of stakeholders to prevent and report on torture (Ombudsman office, associations of people from marginalized groups) as well as campaigning against torture and culture of violence. Activities and results in 2012: As continuation of the first project year that was marked with strong networking and partnership building activities, second year of the project implementation was the period of intensive work in areas of torture prevention. As activities were carried out according to the action plan, IAN significantly raised its capacities. Several great achievements were made in torture prevention: strong cooperation with the Ombudspersons office and civil society in the area of systematic monitoring resulting in IAN became part of the National Preventive Mechanism responsible for systematic monitoring of psychiatric institutions, greater visibility of torture among beneficiaries and public, empowered associations of users who are in risk of torture, and stronger networking, lobbying and advocacy within civil society. Capacities of CSOs gathering groups at risk of torture and ill treatment (Roma, drug users, users of <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> services and young people with multiple vulnerabilities) were upgraded as they grew organizationally with new projects. They raised their capacities in terms of personal empowerment to act as human rights defenders, they also raised public awareness about their experience of torture and specific vulnerability. In the work of newly established Serbian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), independent and professional monitoring of closed institutions has central part in the way it is defined in Option Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture. During second year of the project implementation newly established NPM had intensive activities in the country and internationaly and received very positive response from local civil society, as well as important international recognition. IAN Experts www.ian.org.rs 9
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