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26.
The Board holds the view that there is a need to facilitate knowledge-sharing
among rehabilitation practitioners and that the Fund should serve as a platform for
exchanging and collecting expertise in this field by holding annual thematic
workshops. The next such workshop, which will focus on access to justice for torture
victims, will be held in Geneva in April 2018.
27.
The Secretary-General appeals to Member States and other stakeholders to
contribute to the Fund, noting that even small contributions are a concrete
manifestation of the commitment of States to the elimination of torture, in line with
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, article 14 in particular. The Fund would need an annual income of
$12 million (as opposed to its current annual income of slightly more than $8 million)
to respond adequately to the numerous requests for assistance it receives.
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