25.11.14
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10 Days of Activism against torture and ill-treatment

  • Event Date: 25.11.14
  • Event Time: 09:38:00
Coinciding this year with the 30thanniversary of the UN Convention against torture, the OMCT launches, for the 3rdyear in a row, its Campaign "10 Days of Activism against torture andill-treatment" from the 1st to the 10th of December 2014.

Through 10 videos, 10 human rightsdefenders will speak out against torture and discuss the importance of the UNConvention against Torture and its implementation in their respective country.

Anyone, anywhere can support theglobal fight against torture!

Let’s get going to tell the wordthat Nothing Can Justify Torture UnderAny Circumstances!

Video 1: On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention against Torture could you elaborate on the main achievements and challenges?
Juan E. Méndez
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Video 2: Why is it important that the Committee against Torture examines the situation in Bangladesh, 16 years after the ratification?
Adilur Rahman Khan
Secretary / Odhikar
Bangladesh

Video 3: Why is it important for civil society organisations to engage in the reporting process of the Committee against Torture?
Liliana Ortega
Executive Director / COFAVIC
Venezuela

Video 4: What is the role of civil society organisations in implementing the final recommendations of the Committee against Torture?
Tatiana Chernobil
Expert / Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law
Kazakhstan

Video 5: Why is the National Prevention Mechanism, provided by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, so important to prevent torture in Tunisia?
Mokhtar Trifi
Honorary Chairman / Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'homme
Tunisia

Video 6: Why isit essential that Colombia accepts the competence of the CAT Committee toexamine individual complaint?
Ana MaríaRodríguez
Representative before the United Nations / ComisiónColombiana de Juristas(Colombian Commission of Jurists)
Colombia

Video 7: Whatis the role of civil society organisations in the implementation of theConvention against torture in Togo?
André KangniAfanou
Executive Director / CACIT
Togo

Video 8: Howcan the Convention against Torture help in fighting impunity for cases oftorture of children in the Philippines?
RowenaLegaspi
Director / Children’sLegal Rights and Development Center
The Philippines

Video 9: Whatrole does the Convention against Torture play in protecting women from violencein Guatemala?
ClaudiaSamayoa
Fundery coordinator/ UDEFEGUA

Video 10: Why isthe ratification of the Convention against torture an important step in theprocess to end torture in India?
HenriTiphagne
Honorary Executive Director / People’sWatch
Representanteante Naciones