# Anti-torture network wins $1 million Hilton Prize

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/08/24/antitorture-network-wins-1-million-hilton-prize/
- Published: 2003-08-24T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) has won the 
$1m 2003 Hilton Humanitarian Prize from the Conrad N Hilton Foundation.

Copenhagen-based IRCT supports a global network of more than 200 rehabilitation
centres and support groups for torture victims in 80 countries, providing medical
and psychosocial care to approximately

100,000 victims each year.

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The world’s largest humanitarian award will be presented at a gathering of international
leaders in humanitarianism and human rights featuring the Dalai Lama in New York
City on 24 September 2003.

Speaking from Los Angeles, USA, Steven Hilton, President of the Conrad N.

Hilton Foundation said: “Although there

are no comprehensive statistics on the number of torture victims around

the world, conservative estimates are that of the world’s 12 million refugees alone,
nearly one-third have been subjected to torture. We must then count those who have
been tortured and remain in their own

countries.

“By addressing the unimaginable suffering of men, women, and even children who have
endured torture, IRCT personifies the purpose of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, 
which is to recognise and support the work

of organisations alleviating human suffering throughout the world.”

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