Center for Victims of Torture

10/03/2025

Check out this webinar from Atrocity Response Coalition for Justice: Survivor Engagement, Leadership,
and Movement Building. Our esteemed colleagues at Mukwege Foundation will speak on survivor leadership: Oct. 9, 9 am Eastern. Register now!
https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1zKHHDPvQAyfSYdPRjlOrg #/registration

10/02/2025

Survivors of torture have spoken out:
It is time to ban goods that have no purpose other than torture. Read the joint declaration from survivors, who write, “We unequivocally support a torture-free trade treaty.”
https://www.cvt.org/statements/joint-declaration-from-torture-survivors-in-support-of-a-torture-free-trade-treaty/

10/01/2025

You’re invited to celebrate 40 years of hope and healing at CVT’s annual Restoring Hope Breakfast, the premier fundraising event to support survivors of torture and advance human rights!

Be sure to register now at the link in our bio or by visiting cvt.org/breakfast for an inspiring morning you won’t want to miss!

10/01/2025

The lawsuit CVT joined took a huge blow Friday when the Supreme Court let the Trump administration withhold $4 billion in foreign aid which had been appropriated by Congress and was set to expire today.

Even in the face of this setback, we continue to fight for our clients in every way that we can.

09/30/2025

We must ban the trade of goods that have no use other than torture. It’s time for a torture-free trade treaty. Sign the petition: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/take-the-torture-out-of-the-protest/

09/29/2025

The Center for Victims of Torture is proud to be part of this wonderful event with our partners! Thank you to Carlson Companies, Global Impact and Feed My Starving Children.

09/28/2025

NEW: The “people of Syria have hope and want to rebuild their country, and they want to rebuild the relationships between them,” said CVT’s Yusra Al-Kailani, speaking about challenges facing Syrians, as well as hope, as they return home.

Displaced Syrians returning after 13 years of war are hopeful about their country — and wary of looming economic risks and instability.

09/27/2025

Bad news as the Supreme Court lets Trump cut foreign aid. Scott Roehm, CVT director of global policy & advocacy, comments to CNN: “Gutting that program punishes torture survivors; people suffering from the deep physical and psychological scars that torturers inflict.” He adds, "The administration is abandoning torture victims to serve a naked political agenda, nothing more.”

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments, handing the White House a significant victory in its monthslong quest to claw back spending that was approved by Congress last year.

09/26/2025

Register today! Dr. Justin Hett, CVT clinical advisor for mental health, will speak in this webinar: Beyond “Do No Harm”: Trauma-Informed Victim and Survivor Consultation. Oct. 2, 9 am Eastern - the second in this series of four webinars with our partners at Atrocity Response Coalition for Justice. Don’t miss it!
https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9LA1_8PQRxqHUlfMwQ_Z7w #/registration

09/25/2025

Rendering people to countries or prisons that use torture, including CECOT prison, is illegal. Transfers to torture by the Trump administration violate the principle of non-refoulement. These transfers are done out of cruelty and to instill fear and pain among immigrants in the U.S.

09/23/2025

“There’s a growing groundswell of support for an end to what’s happening in Gaza, to violations of international humanitarian law, to the deliberate starvation of the Palestinian people,” comments Dr. Simon Adams, president & CEO, in this story on shifting global power dynamics as the UN General Assembly begins in New York. On CNA.

Palestinian statehood and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine may well be the focus of talks at the United Nations General Assembly this week, but it is the shiftin...

09/23/2025

CVT is proud to be a partner with Atrocity Response Coalition (ARC for Justice), as it launches this new webinar series: Victim and Survivor Consultation: Designing and Implementing Effective and Meaningful Justice Mechanisms for Atrocities. Join us for Thursday’s webinar: Survivor-Informed Policymaking for Justice Through Consultation, September 25. Register here: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7_ZS-wjHTzOKI8YJtRseHQ #/registration