CAT: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance
earning potential due to disabilities caused by the torture or
ill-treatment; and lost opportunities such as employment
and education.78 In addition, adequate compensation
awarded by the State to the victim of torture or ill-treatment
should provide for legal or specialised assistance, and other
costs associated with bringing a claim for redress.
5. The means for full rehabilitation for anyone who has
suffered harm as a result of a violation of the Convention
should include medical and psychological care as well as legal
and social services. Rehabilitation should be directed
towards the restoration of function or the acquisition of new
skills required by the changed circumstances of a victim in
the aftermath of torture or ill-treatment. It should enable
the maximum possible self-sufficiency and function for the
individual concerned, and should involve adjustments to the
person’s physical and social environment.
6. In order to fulfil its obligations to provide a victim of
torture or ill-treatment with the means for as full
rehabilitation as possible, the concerned agencies should
ensure that specialised services for the victim or survivor of
torture is available at multiple levels. These should include: a
procedure for the assessment and evaluation of an
individual’s therapeutic and other needs, based on, among
others, the Istanbul Protocol; and may include a wide range
of measures, such as medical, physical and psychological
78
Ibid.
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