OMCT Holds Litigation Workshop, 10-12 July 2007
- Event Date: 18.07.07
- Event Time: 00:00:00
The World Organisation Against Torture held the first in a series of Complaints Workshops on 10-12 July 2007 at the OMCT Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. The Workshop gathered human rights advocates from around the world (Burundi, Togo, Benin, Zambia, Tunisia, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and the Philippines) for an intensive 3-day training session focussing on the individual complaints procedures of the UN Treaty Bodies and strategies for successful litigation of torture cases.
Taking full advantage of OMCT’s location in Geneva, participants benefited from the contributions of leading experts in the field of human rights including academics, practitioners, UN personnel and OMCT staff. The trainings were based on Volume 4 of the OMCT Handbook Series: Seeking Remedies for Torture Victims: A Handbook on the Individual Complaints Procedures of the UN Treaty Bodies.
OMCT will hold 3 other complaints workshops 2007 – 2008.
- General Information on the OMCT Complaints Workshops (English / French)
- Detailed Workshop Programme, 10 – 12 July 2007
- List of Participants
- List of Experts
- Expert Presentations:
- Best Practices & Complaints Follow-Up
Catherine Phuong, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR - European System: Evidence in Torture Cases
Mr. Panayotis Voyatzis, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg - African System, powerpoint presentation
Ms. Judith Oder, INTERIGHTS, London, UK - Inter-American System (see Volume 2 OMCT Handbook Series)
Prof. Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University, Washington, DC, USA - Choice of Forum
Prof. Alexander Morawa, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Best Practices & Complaints Follow-Up
For further information, contact Anna-Lena Svensson-McCarthy at alsm@omct.org