This year's theme is "Torture and Global Efforts to Combat It." Various resources relating to human rights and prevention of torture abuse are listed below.
http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2005/
Amnesty International's Campaign to Stop Torture - http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-index-eng
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm
European Committee on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) - http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/
Examining Asylum Seekers: A Health Professional's Guide to Medical and Psychological Evaluations of Torture - http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/asylum_network/manual.html
Human Rights Watch's Theme Page: Torture and Abuse - http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=torture
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims - http://www.irct.org/
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture - http://www.torturecare.org.uk/
Torture Reporting Handbook - http://www.essex.ac.uk/torturehandbook/
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Day Page - http://www.ohchr.org/english/events/day2005/hrd2005.htm
World Organization against Torture Site - http://www.omct.org/base.cfm?page=omct&consol=OPEN&cfid=2771894&cftoken=24581096
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