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(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JUNE 26 - The European Commission is funding three projects in Lebanon in the framework of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights for a total of almost EUR 1 million. These projects aim at preventing torture and assisting victims of torture, the Delegation announced at a press conference commemorating the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Over the last 5 years, an average of EUR 12 million per year has been allocated by the European Commission to fund projects submitted by civil society organisations around the world. Activities include support and rehabilitation of victims of torture, awareness-raising on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and the development of torture prevention and monitoring networks. Lebanon is bound by stringent international commitments in the field of torture and ill treatment, including in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy. In April 2007, moreover, Lebanon firmed up the commitment on torture when it undertook to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture as soon as possible. The three projects involved: L'Association Libanaise pour l'Education et la Formation (ALEF), Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture and Restart Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture.(ANSAmed).