Center for Victims of Torture

03/06/2026

OPEN POSITION: CVT is hiring a Vice President and CFO to ensure long-term financial sustainability and provide financial strategy and operational leadership. This position is being recruited through our partners at Korn Ferry - click the link below for details. Apply by sending your resume/CV to Korn Ferry at this email address: CVTChiefFinancialOfficer@KornFerry.com

https://www.cvt.org/wp-content/uploads/JD-VP-and-CFO-CVT-Position-Description-Final.pdf

03/05/2026

After years of helping survivors of torture heal, CVT clinicians understand that when an individual is targeted, the community is affected.
We’re sharing some of the top suggestions they are using today with clients as they cope with the ICE enforcement. During difficult days, we can all use their tips. Here is the first one: Do your best to maintain basic daily tasks. Remind yourself to eat: your body needs healthy calories.

Want to get involved? Go to cvt.org.

03/04/2026

“The assault is not over and no one is going to be safe until is ended,” writes Alison Beckman, senior clinician for external relations. ICE must leave Minnesota and the rest of the United States. Read her article:
https://www.cvt.org/articles/the-surge-is-not-over-ice-must-leave-minnesota/

03/03/2026

There is much healing to be done in Minnesota and more widely in the U.S. as ICE enforcement continues. While clients are unable to leave their homes for fear of being detained, we’ve adapted our clinical work and expanded supportive efforts, including:
-Telehealth services
-Remote support
-Facilitating volunteer grocery delivery
-Accompanying clients to ICE check-ins & court hearings
-Communication with client emergency contacts
-Providing “Know Your Rights” information
-Collecting donations for our Client Assistance Fund

Want to get involved? Go to cvt.org.

03/03/2026

The Center for Victims of Torture is proud to participate in this important workshop to strengthen victims’ skills and voices in transitional justice efforts. Thank you very much to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission for hosting this key event.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent federal state body established by Parliament as the national human rights institution with the mandate for the promotion and protection of human rights.

03/02/2026

NEW: “. . . we’re in a situation of blatant defiance by the administration. And it matters not only in the United States but around the world,” writes Yumna Rizvi, senior policy analyst, on the global impacts of the Trump administration’s extensive America First agenda. “With the viciousness and made-for-TV militarization of under-trained immigration officers, it was easy to forget that Operation Metro Surge was just the next step in the Trump administration’s extensive project to remove immigrants in defiance of human rights and international law.” Click to read her article:

As ICE and Border Patrol made their assault on Minneapolis, public attention turned to the clouds of tear gas, abductions of people from smashed cars, the flash bangs and the shootings of protesters.

03/02/2026

Important and meaningful steps have been taken for victims under the Yazidi Survivors Law. Today at the 5-year mark it's time to close remaining gaps for justice and accountability. CVT is proud to join this statement.

Coalition for Just Reparations

English. | عربي

Joint Statement | Five Years Since the Enactment of the Yazidi Survivors Law (YSL)

Five years after Iraq enacted the YSL , a landmark reparations program for survivors of ISIS atrocities, progress is visible. Yet, major gaps remain in delivering full reparations, rehabilitation, and justice for Yazidi women and other survivors.
Forty civil society organizations worldwide acknowledge these achievements while urging the Iraqi government to ensure fair review and appeal procedures and deliver all reparations guaranteed under the law in line with international standards. They also call on the international community to support survivor-centered implementation and ensure accessibility of evidence on ISIL crimes to advance accountability.

📄 Read and Download the Full statement in
English:https://c4jr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Joint-Statement-on-the-Occasion-of-5-Years-Since-the-Enactment-of-the-Yazidi-Survivors-Law-in-Iraq-3.pdf
Arabic:https://c4jr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/بيان-مشترك-بمناسبة-مرور-خمس-سنوات-على-تشريع-قانون-الناجيات-الأيزيديات-في-العراق.pdf

بيان مشترك | خمس سنوات على تشريع قانون الناجيات الإيزيديات
بعد خمس سنوات على تشريع العراق لقانون الناجيات الإيزيديات وهو برنامج بارز لجبر الضرر للناجين والناجيات من فظائع تنظيم داعش — بات التقدم ملموسًا. ومع ذلك، ما تزال هناك فجوات كبيرة تعيق توفير جبر ضرر شامل، وإعادة تأهيل فعّالة، وتحقيق العدالة للناجيات الإيزيديات وغيرهن من الناجين.
تقرّ 42 منظمة من منظمات المجتمع المدني حول العالم بهذه الإنجازات، وفي الوقت نفسه تحثّ الحكومة العراقية على ضمان إجراءات عادلة وشفافة للمراجعة والطعن، وتنفيذ جميع تدابير جبر الضرر المكفولة بموجب القانون بما ينسجم مع المعايير الدولية. كما تدعو المجتمع الدولي إلى دعم التنفيذ المتمحور حول الناجين، وضمان إتاحة الأدلة المتعلقة بجرائم داعش بما يعزز مسارات المساءلة.
📄 أقرا البيان الكامل:
اللغة العربية:https://c4jr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/بيان-مشترك-بمناسبة-مرور-خمس-سنوات-على-تشريع-قانون-الناجيات-الأيزيديات-في-العراق.pdf
الإنكليزية:https://c4jr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Joint-Statement-on-the-Occasion-of-5-Years-Since-the-Enactment-of-the-Yazidi-Survivors-Law-in-Iraq-3.pdf



#التعويضات

02/26/2026

“The courts have ruled that sending people to unsafe third countries is illegal; surely it is illegal to release people to unsafe conditions inside the United States as well,” said Yumna Rizvi, CVT senior policy analyst, as reports emerge of the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee who spoke no English and was nearly blind, after he was abandoned by Customs and Border Patrol upon release from custody. As a federal judge has just ruled transfer to third countries unconstitutional, it is time for accountability for these harms to immigrants.
Read the statement here: https://www.cvt.org/statements/treatment-of-immigrants-after-detention-is-despicable-even-deadly/

02/25/2026

“It’s like there is this never-ending siege of tactics to deny New Americans due process and to violate human rights,” writes Alison Beckman, senior clinician for external relations, in a new article. Ally comments on the surge of ICE and anti-immigration policies in the U.S., connecting the dots between the regimes our clients fled, the right to seek asylum and the conditions today in Minnesota under the ICE siege. “The assault is not over and no one is going to be safe until is ended,” she writes.

When people hear our name, the Center for Victims of Torture, they have a variety of responses: some react with dread or fear, some with concern about victims, some want to learn how they can help, some don’t want to hear about it at all.