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Assistance to victims / Events / 2008 / May

OMCT Holds Litigation Workshop, 6-9 May 2008

workshop july 2007The World Organisation Against Torture held the third in a series of Complaints Workshops on 6-9 May 2008 at the OMCT Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. The Workshop gathered human rights advocates from around the world (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Georgia, Nepal, Mexico, Brazil, France, Macedonia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines) for an intensive 4-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 one other complaints workshops in November 2008.


  • General Information on the OMCT Complaints Workshops (English / French)
  • Detailed Workshop Programme, 6 – 9 May 2008
  • List of Participants
  • List of Experts
  • Expert Presentations:
    1. Best Practices & Complaints Follow-Up
      Catherine Phuong, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR
    2. European system :
      • Evidence in Torture Cases and Positive Obligations Under article 3 (see Volume 1 OMCT Handbook Series)
        Mr. Hasan Bakirci, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
      • Rule 39 Measures (see Volume 1 OMCT Handbook Series)
        Ms. Natasha Pace Abu-Gosh, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
    3. 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
    4. Choice of Forum
      Prof. Alexander Morawa, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
    5. OMCT presentation on petitions
      Boris Wijkström, OMCT Legal Advisor

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For further information, contact Anna-Lena Svensson-McCarthy at alsm@omct.org

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Date: May 8, 2008
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