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Dr. Simon Adams

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Léonce Byimana

Director of U.S. Clinical Programs

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Leora Hudak

Migration Partnerships Program Manager

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Yumna Rizvi

Senior Policy Analyst

Scott Roehm

Director of Global Policy and Advocacy

New Tactics in Human Rights

Noor Zada

Global Program Manager

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CVT Ethiopia on Navigating the Complexities of Sexual Violence, Transactional Sex and Forced Migration

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Toward UDHR 100: How Do We Reduce Global Displacement and Uphold Human Rights?

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Being Raised by a Torture Victim: How Trauma Can Impact Future Generations

An Ending to Great Work, Room for Even More: CVT Ethiopia-Amhara’s Alemwach Site Closure

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On the 40th Anniversary of the UN Convention against Torture, Survivors Call for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

Joint Declaration from Torture Survivors in Support of a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

CVT Announces Asylum Medicine Clinic with Physicians for Human Rights and the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic

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10 years later: The CIA ‘Torture Report’ and America’s Accountability Deficit

Psychological Stress, Cardiovascular Disease and Somatic Pain in Asylum Seekers: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?

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Mindfulness as an Aid to Chronic Pain: Noticing Sensation

CVT World, Human Rights Day 2024 – Special Issue

From Room 101 to the UN Convention against Torture

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