Briefings and submissions
Date: 12 March, 2009
The therapeutic importance of justice for survivors of torture has been highlighted by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture in a report to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR).
- JCHR submission.doc (OCTET-STREAM, 41.5 KB)
Date: 6 February, 2009
Individuals and organisations which liaise with victims and witnesses at the International Criminal Court deserve greater recognition and protection from the risks they face, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
- VRWG Role of intermediaries with ICC.doc (MSWORD, 117.5 KB)
Date: 1 June, 2008
Enabling torture survivors to pursue their perpetrators through the UK courts is a move the Government should support as part of its duty to uphold a victim's right to reparation.
- MF statement in support of the Torture (Damages) Bill - May 2008.doc (MSWORD, 376.5 KB)
Date: 1 June, 2007
The Medical Foundation response to the Home Office's Feb 2007 consultation paper "Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children".
- Unaccompanied children.doc (MSWORD, 120 KB)
Date: 31 May, 2007
Response of the Refugee Children's Consortium - of which the MF is a member - to Home Office consultation paper Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
- Refugee Children's Consortium response.doc (MSWORD, 87 KB)
Date: 22 May, 2007
Oral submission on behalf of the Medical Foundation for the care of Victims of Torture, delivered to the Independent Asylum Commission Hearing on Vulnerable Groups, Cardiff, 22 May 2007 - by David Rhys Jones, Refugee Policy Officer
- Independent Asylum Commission.doc (MSWORD, 77 KB)
Date: 26 July, 2006
The Detention of Children in Member States' Migration Control and Determination Processes by Syd Bolton, Medical Foundation Legal and Policy Officer (Children)
- DetentionofChildrenSBolton.doc (OCTET-STREAM, 120.5 KB)
Date: 2 June, 2006
Methodology Employed in the Preparation of Medico-Legal Reports on Behalf of the Medical Foundation
- Methodology (MSWORD, 63 KB)
Date: 18 May, 2006
Medical Foundation response to New Asylum Model advice paper: Improving asylum decisions through early interactive advice and representation.
- MF response to NAM interactive advice paper (MSWORD, 50.5 KB)
Date: 26 March, 2006
"The European legal framework regarding traumatised refugees", by MF Refugee Policy Officer David Rhys Jones. Delivered to Traumatised Refugees in the EU conference held by Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research.
- Annex. Papers Delivered at Conference.doc (MSWORD, 242 KB)
- ConferenceFinalReport.doc (MSWORD, 271 KB)
- The European legal framework regarding traumatised refugees.doc (MSWORD, 79.5 KB)