On 10 October, a meeting was held organized by REDRESS, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (INP PAN), and International Accountability for Belarus. It was a Poland Universal Jurisdiction Working Group meeting. Izabela Trybus represented the foundation, which, as part of the Coalition for Victims, Survivors, and Witnesses, is…
Białystok, 19.08.2025. Esteemed Readers, The day after the publication of the article in Gazeta Wyborcza, that is, on August 19, 2025,the Management Board of the Foundation asked Ms. Wioletta Rebecka to respond to the information contained in the press material, as announced in a statement published on the Foundation’s website. In response, the Board received…
Białystok, 19.08.2025. Esteemed Readers, As members of the Foundation’s Board, we are deeply moved by the content of the article published on August 18, 2025, in Gazeta Wyborcza. We are currently carefully verifying the information presented therein. Once we have obtained answers to all necessary questions, we will issue an appropriate statement. We would like…
The Polish Center for Torture Survivors is implementing a project funded by a grant from FemFund*. As part of the project, we offer art and movement classes, as well as support for mother–child relationships. Psychotraumatological care is provided during all activities. The target group includes refugee and forcibly displaced women with experiences of violence. *…
In 2024, our organization carried out a project titled “Designing and Offering Meaningful Help to the Survivors of Wartime Rape on the Territory of Poland.” One of its components was the creation of a comparative study on international standards for supporting survivors of sexual violence in armed conflict and how these standards are implemented in…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…