# TORTUREID

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1204023
- **Other names:** TID
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 19, 2023
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1204023


## Contact

- **Address:** 19 CHURCH AVENUE, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS6 4JX
- **Phone:** 07746 994617
- **Email:** admin@tortureid.org
- **Website:** https://tortureid.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE UK WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR ASYLUM AND EXPERIENCE IMPAIRED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF TORTURE OR OTHER CRUEL, INHUMANE OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT. 2. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: • MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; • RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; • CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; •  RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;

**Activities:** TortureID is a small medical human rights charity offering specialist clinical assessments to people seeking asylum in the UK. The purpose of these assessments is to identify human rights abuses and to document clinical findings in a report.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Hermione McEwen** | Chair | July 19, 2023 |
| Alice Nicolay |  | April 23, 2024 |
| DR PETRA MAKELA |  | Sept. 15, 2025 |
| Dr Judith Alison Lythgoe |  | July 19, 2023 |
| JUDITH CLARE BOYLES |  | July 19, 2023 |
| PEGGY MULONGO |  | July 19, 2023 |
| Ruth Heatley |  | July 19, 2023 |




