STARTTS and ISHHR Member Institutions

The International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR) was established to share knowledge, skills, experiences and concerns regarding the impact of persecution, torture and other human rights violations. As such, the society’s membership is made up largely of health workers from all over the world engaged in work with persons and communities affected by human rights violations. ISHHR’s objectives are to gather knowledge about the effects of human rights violations on health, exchange experiences and information about treatment methods, psychosocial and psychological care, and contribute to the development of psychosocial interventions both on individual and community level. To date, the main vehicle to achieve these objectives has been the organization of international conferences.  ISHHR has successfully organized eight International Conferences: France (1987), Costa Rica(1989),Chile(1991), The Philippines (1994), South Africa(1998), Croatia(2001),India(2005) and recently Peru (2008).

This section of Psychevisual represents a new way for ISHHR, in partnership with STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) and Psychevisual, to contribute to achieve the above objectives related to capacity building. To begin with, it will ensure that at least some of the wealth of information and ideas shared at the conferences is preserved and made available to a wider audience. As time goes on, we intend to continue to add to the lecture and material contributed by STARTTS and through ISHHR’s activities with new material from other ISHHR members and associates from all over the world. We look forward to your involvement in this venture! (For more information about ISHHR please visitwww.ishhr.com )

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