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Presentation of the New edition of the Handbooks on torture remedies in Washington, D.C. in the framework of the 154th period of sessions of the IACHR

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The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the Inter-American Human Rights System: A Handbook for Victims and their Advocates


The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the new publication. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide practical advice to persons wishing to bring individual complaints concerning violations of the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment before the Inter-American Human Rights System. As such, the Handbook provides an accessible and comprehensive guide to the practice and procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, as well as a detailed analysis of the substantive law developed by the Commission and Court concerning torture and ill-treatment.



Thursday 19 March 2015 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

At Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

1300 19th St. NW Suite 750, Washington D.C., 20036

Please RSVP by 18 March at rsvp@rfkcenter.org



In the presence of: 

- Commissioner James L. Cavallaro

Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

- Santiago A. Canton

Executive Director of RFK Partners for Human Rights

Member of the OMCT Executive Council

- Helena Solà Martín

Human Right Adviser and Americas Desk, OMCT

- Alejandro Malambo

Lawyer, Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ)

- Claudia Martín / Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

American University (WCL)



You can download the flyer here.

We very much hope that you will be able to attend and participate in the discussion with the panel!

Best wishes,

OMCT International Secretariat




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