TASSC International

Founded in 1998, TASSC International is a non-governmental organisation based in Washington, United States working on human rights, mental health, justice & legal aid +2 more.

TASSC International is a non-profit organisation based in Washington, DC, with a site in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was founded in 1998 by Sister Dianna Ortiz, a torture survivor, and is described as the first organisation led by torture survivors to support other survivors. It provides legal, mental health, social and career services to survivors of torture and their families in the Washington, DC region and beyond, runs a drop-in centre, and carries out advocacy to end torture wherever it occurs. Its services follow a survivor-centred, trauma-informed model in which survivors take an active part in their own recovery.