Inge Genefke

Inge Genefke

Inge Genefke M.D. is a world famous, prize winning, campaigner and worker on behalf of torture victims.

Work

Born in Denmark, Dr. Genefke has devoted her career specifically to the treatment and rehabilitation of victims of torture. She began her career in this field in 1973 after Amnesty International issued a plea to physicians throughout the world to assist those who had been tortured.

She started as co-founder of the Danish Medical Group of Amnesty International in 1974. In 1982 Dr. Genefke founded the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims was founded in 1985, initially as the international arm of the RCT. As the demands continued to grow, the IRCT was established as an international and independent organisation in 1997 under Dr. Inge Genefke serving as the IRCT Ambassador.

Dr. Genefke's leadership will have a lasting impact on new institutions, such as the International Criminal Court, and other efforts to hold torturers accountable for their destruction. Her care for survivors remains a role model of hope, compassion, and professional bravery to others around the world.

ee also

*Torture
*"The Secret Life of Words" - 2005 film

External links

* [http://www.irct.org International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims ]
* [http://www.rct.dk Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims]
* [http://rightlivelihood.org/recip/genefke.htm Inge Genefke / RCT (Rehabilitation and Research Centre for torture victims) & IRCT (1988) ]


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