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Lessons learned from 30 years of exposing human rights abuses and how we can use those lessons in the fight against torture.
This is how we work
Rehabilitation
We offer rehabilitation for refugees with physical and mental injuries from flight, war, & torture, and for the refugees’ families.
Prevention
We monitor prisons, jails, closed psychiatric hospital wards, and institutions for foreigners deprived of their liberty.
Accountability
We work with partners to collect and preserve evidence of torture and other international crimes.
International programmes
We work to advise other organisations and state authorities in a variety of countries.
Advocacy
We offer advice to authorities in Denmark and abroad in the fight against torture. We draw attention to violations of human rights.
Research
We conduct research into the causes, consequences, and prevention of torture as well as efficient trauma rehabilitation.
Live talk with Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr. Alice Jill Edwards on March 21st
Latest news
DIGNITY trained the staff of a Ukrainian partner organisation in interviewing survivors
A ‘trauma-informed’ and ‘survivor-centred’ approach is important when interviewing victims and witnesses of war crimes Lawyers are good
Side event at OSCE meeting: Torture in official and unofficial places of detention in Ukraine under the Russian occupation
DIGNITY and partners organize a side event on the recent report on torture in Ukrainian places of detention
Russian torture in Ukrainian prisons may amount to crimes against humanity
New report documents Russia’s ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners Torture and ill-treatment used by Russian soldiers in prisons and
We cooperate with partners in several countries
Our international programmes focus on creating access to sustainable rehabilitation of trauma victims.
Together with our partners around the world, we work for social and political change to ensure that all torture survivors have access to help.
Partners
