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- ↑ "International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims" (PDF). Irct.org. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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- ↑ "Professor June Caridad Pagaduan-Lopez announced as Inge Genefke Award winner". irct.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "Museum of Man Partners with SURVIVORS on "Instruments of Torture" Exhibit" (PDF). www.notorture.org. 2012. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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- ↑ "WordPress.com". Worldwithouttorture.org. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-18.