Does Litigation Prevent Torture and Ill-Treatment?
Date:
July 16, 2012 - 18:00 - 20:00
Building:
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room:
Auditorium
Event type:
Panel Discussion
Event audience:
Open to the Public
External presenter(s):
Charles Halpern, Director of the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law
External presenter(s):
Lycette Nelson, Litigation Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Hungary
External presenter(s):
Wiktor Osiatynski, Open Society Justice Initiative, Poland/ Visiting Professor, Legal Studies Department, CEU
External presenter(s):
Rupert Skilbeck, Litigation Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
External presenter(s):
Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Hungary
External organizer(s):
CEU SUN course on Mental Disability Law
External organizer(s):
CEU SUN course on Human Rights and Drug Policy
External organizer(s):
CEU SUN course on Human Rights Litigation
CEU host unit(s):
Summer University (SUN)
CEU contact person:
Eva Gedeon The panel will bring together litigators from various domains (disability, drug policy, prisons, litigation) to discuss the use and limitations of litigation to remedy and prevent torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Panelists will each give a ten-minute presentation, and there will then be a moderated Q&A in which members of the audience are welcome to participate.
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