Polish Center
for Torture
Survivors

We provide comprehensive support to survivors of war rape and torture. We are building a network of specialists – in the fields of medicine, psychotherapy and law – to support survivors based in Poland. We invite you to work with us and help those affected by armed conflict.
News

Report “Survivors”. The Nightmare of Russian Captivity. “There, you lose your senses”
In July 2024, together with Tomasz Słomczyński and the TVN24 team, the Polish Center for Torture Survivors filmed stories of survivors. Our heroines from Sema Ukraine shared their traumatic experiences during the war in Ukraine. The link to the materials is below. We invite you to explore this important piece. During the interviews, Alina Zubenko…

The PCTS website has been expanded with a search tool for organizations that offer help to people experiencing war trauma.
The website of our organization Polish Center for Torture Survivors has been enriched with a search engine. Thanks to it, people seeking help after war trauma will be able to easily find organizations providing this help in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Covering the costs of launching a search engine on our website…

Dr. Wiola Rebecka and Izabela Trybus trained representatives of the Mazovian division of the PZ PK Prosecutor’s Office.
On October 25, 2024, representatives from the Mazovian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption in Warsaw, the Polish National Police Headquarters, and the Internal Security Agency participated in training on the methodology of conducting interviews with survivors of torture and wartime rape. The training was led by Dr. Wiola Rebecka and Izabela…

grant of Minority Rights Group
Our work in 2024 and spreading our Center’s expertise is possible thanks to the grant of Minority Rights Group. Minority Rights Group Europe (MRGE), along with PILnet, has partnered together on the MARIO programme to build a supportive environment for grassroots Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engaged in the promotion and protection of EU values across…

Izabela Trybus and barrister Aleksandra Nędzi-Marek in Polish State Prosecutor’s Office.
On 24 May 2024 in Warsaw psychotraumatologist Izabela Trybus and barrister Aleksandra Nędzi-Marek of the Polish Center for Torture Survivors (pcts.org.pl) attended a 5-hour long hearing of a tortured person who gave their testimony in Polish State Prosecutor’s Office. The testimony was prepared and taken in a pioneer way according to international legal and mental…

Women’s Day at the Siberia Memorial Museum
We celebrated International Women’s Day at the Siberia Memorial Museum with Siberian and Ukrainian women. This is our next cooperation and we are very happy about it. We wish all women strength, courage, freedom and safety. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/muzeumpamiecisybiru
PCTS is a Foundation
We are a team
of experts specialising in psychology, psychotherapy and law. For 15 years, we have been working with trauma survivors, survivors of war rape and torture.
We organise workshops
on the trauma of war rape
We work
with experts in the field of complex trauma
Comprehensive support
to survivors of war rape and torture
We develop ethical standards
for working with survivors

Polish Center for Torture Survivors
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Our work in 2024 and spreading our Center’s expertise is possible thanks to the grant of Minority Rights Group.
Nasza praca w roku 2024 jest możliwa m.in. dzięki grantowi uzyskanemu w programie MARIO.
