Professor Sofia Gruskin has been invited by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) to join the Scientific Committee for IRCT’s 2016 Scientific Symposium focusing on delivering on the promise of the right to rehabilitation. The symposium will provide a unique opportunity for the global rehabilitation movement to come together to learn and exchange expertise with colleagues from across disciplines on developments in the rehabilitation of survivors of torture. To contribute to the advancement of IRCT’s agenda, Professor Gruskin will actively participate in the symposuim, while also contributing to the arrangement of global, cross-sector and multidisciplinary scientific talks, posters and workshops.