The Primo Levi Centre

The Primo Levi Centre is a paris-based leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and support of survivors of torture and political violence exiled in France. The center welcomes more than 400 people from nearly 50 different countries every year for multidisciplinary treatment. Drawing from its 30 years of experience in trauma-informed care, the Primo Levi Centre educates and trains professionals and volunteers working with exiles to promote appropriate care. It also uses this experience to regularly advocate to politicians, policy makers, and enterprises for better access to health care, to raise awareness on mental health, and ensure appropriate care for survivors of torture.

Caring

Multidisciplinary Treatment

Without claiming to "cure" torture and the after-effects of political violence, the Primo Levi Centre offers multidisciplinary care (medical, psychological, physiotherapeutic, social and legal), with an interpreter available if necessary, to improve the physical and mental well-being of its patients. To live, not just survive.

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Training

Transmitting its Experience

From its clinical experience, the Primo Levi Centre educates and trains many professionals who work with exiles in France as well as abroad through training sessions, a biannual conference, their magazine Mémoires, and regular talks at academic and professional events

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Advocating

Raising Awareness

As a daily witness to the effects of political violence, trauma, and exile, the Primo Levi Centre advocates to promote appropriate care for victims of torture, and to defend the right to health and the right to asylum.

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