UNVFVT

The UNVFVT project operates under Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT). It is funded by the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. 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. UNVFVT operates under the Humanitarian Affairs Unit of the Future Worlds Center.