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'''UNVFVT''' - United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture- funds the [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture]] (URVT). The project aims to support and promote the empowerment and rehabilitation of torture victims and victims of trafficking who are asylum seekers or persons granted with international protection status in Cyprus and to assist them to integrate into the local society. To that end it takes a holistic approach, offering social assistance directly to the persons of concern and their families, as well as psychological support. Its services are facilitated through a structure designed on the standards of the Istanbul Protocol - United Nations Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - and its services are offered to the beneficiaries by specialised, experienced and well-trained personnel. URVT operates under the Humanitarian Affairs Unit of the Future Worlds Center.
'''UNVFVT''' - United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, is a fund managed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the advice of a Board of Trustees composed of independent experts from the five world regions. It aims to provide direct assistance to victims of torture and their family members in the forms of humanitarian, medical, psychological, legal and financial aid.
UNVFVT has been financing the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture project since May 2009 as a supplementary fund to support and promote the empowerment and rehabilitation of victims of torture with a focus on refugees and asylum seekers. The Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture operates under the Humanitarian Affairs Unit of the Future Worlds Center.
 
For yearly contract page, please follow the links below:
 
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture URVT I]]
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) II]]
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) III]]
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture URVT IV]]
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) V]]
* [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) VI]]
 
 
 


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