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Theme of the day of 4 April 2008


Conference on Torture in the context of the 'War on terror'


Conference on Torture in the context of the 'War on terror' Carlos Coelho MEP (EPP-ED, Portugal) (second from the left), (l-r) Christian Pross, Member of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, Brita Sydhoff, Secretary-General of IRCT, Geraldine van Bueren, Professor of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary University of London, Dick Marty, Member of the Council of Europe, and Stevens Everts, Council of the European Union and Adviser to Mr Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union and the Western European Union

 Carlos Coelho MEP (Portugal) will host a conference organised by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and the Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme on Friday 4 April in the European Parliament in Brussels.

The conference will discuss the use of torture in the context of the war on terrorism. The debate will centre on the changing nature of torture in democratic societies and the challenges facing journalists reporting on torture and other human rights violations in this difficult and often dangerous setting: What are the key problems, and what can be done to address them? The event is part of the project Preventing Torture within the Fight against Terrorism, which aims to promote respect for the absolute prohibition against torture and ill-treatment.
Press Release:
01/04/2008 Conference on Torture in the context of the 'War on terror'. Carlos Coelho MEP

Programme *.pdf

EPP-ED policy site on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
EPP-ED policy site on the Subcommittee on Human Rights

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