Torture is a deliberate and systematic dismantling of a person’s identity and humanity through physical or psychological pain and suffering. Torture’s purpose is to destroy a sense of community, eliminate leaders, create a climate of fear and produce a culture of apathy.
The National Capacity Building Project is a collaboration among CVT, the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture to provide continued capacity building and training to organizations across the United States serving survivors of torture.
