UN Torture Victims Fund: Rebuilding lives after Torture - Dieynaba

2015, 5 minutes

Dieynaba Ndoye Dieng helps victims affected by torture from all over West Africa

Every year, VIVRE CAPREC provides medical, psychological and social care to 120 people affected by torture from across West Africa. This short film follows Dieynaba, who came to Geneva to participate in the meeting of the Board of Trustees and State Representatives of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, which has supported her organization for several years. The Fund is managed by UN Human Rights Office and provides direct humanitarian, medical, psychological, legal, social and financial assistance to victims of torture through NGOs, rehabilitation centres, victims' associations, hospitals and legal clinics.

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