gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including
psychosocial and intellectual disability), health status, economic
or indigenous status, reason for which one is detained (including
accusations of political offences or terrorist acts), asylum-seekers,
refugees or others under international protection, or any other
status or adverse distinction, and including those marginalised or
made susceptible on bases such as those above.
IV: Prompt, full and effective access to redress
21. State Parties are required to establish judicial, quasi-judicial,
administrative, traditional and other processes to enable victims to
access and obtain redress. Relevant State institutions should have
the necessary legal mandate and independence, and adequate
financial, human, technical and other resources to effectively
provide redress. CSOs, community based organisations and others
may complement services offered by State institutions in order to
ensure full realisation of the right to redress.
22. It is necessary that State Parties put in place multi-sectoral redress
procedures and mechanisms that are readily accessible to all
victims. Special measures should be taken to provide access for
victims in places of detention and to discriminated, marginalised
or disadvantaged persons or groups, who are often unable to
access full and effective redress or may even be exposed to revictimisation and stigmatisation. These measures may include
the establishment of clinics with staff trained in providing trauma
counselling; the use of legal advice centres or mobile law clinics;
the development of outreach programmes to ensure all victims can
access redress; and support of relevant civil society initiatives and
community based organisations assisting victims. State Parties
should also provide reasonable accommodation measures on a
case-by-case basis to persons with disabilities and others who may
require such support. They should ensure the availability of childsensitive redress measures for children who are victims of torture
and other ill-treatment.
23. As part of their right to redress, victims of torture and other ill-
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