ESF-LiU Conference
Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Investigation and Prevention of Torture and Death in Custody
3-7 May 2010, Scandic Linköping Väst, Sweden
Monday 3 May 2010 |
Late afternoon /early evening Registration at the ESF-RC desk
19.00 Welcome Drink
20.00 Supper
Tuesday 4 May 2010 |
08.45-09.00 Conference Opening - Introduction to ESF by Andrew Coyle, speaker and ESF rapporteur
SESSION 1 - Detention conditions, health care and other causes for death in custody
Chair: Bernice Elger, University of Geneva, CH
09.00-09.45 Andrew Coyle, Kings College London, UK
Death in custody: the importance of detention conditions and health care
09.45-10.30 three short oral presentations
- Vaiciulis Vidmantas, Kaunas University of Medicine, LT
Physical activity of prisoners as part of the health ecology - Geraldine Ruiz, University of Geneva, CH
A qualitative study on reasons for deaths in custody - Ertem Burcu, (co-author Emel Badur) Cankaya University, TR
Compulsory Treatment and Forced Feeding of Convicts Under the Turkish Law –An Evaluation in the Aspect of Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 John Cullinane, Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales
Prison Health care and deaths in custody in England and Wales
11:45-12:30 three short oral presentations
- Djordje Alempijevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Ethical and Legal Consideration of Prisoner's Hunger Strike in Serbia - A Propos Recent Case with Fatal Outcome - Sophie Gromb, University of Bordeaux, FR
Hunger strikers : how can doctors react ? - Önder Özkalipci, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, DK
Forensic Experts Against Torture
12.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Poster session
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
Session 2: Detention conditions, health care and other causes for death in custody, with a special focus on women and juveniles
Chair: Marcelo Aebi, Lausanne, CH
16.30-17.15 Bruno Aubusson de Cavarlay, CESDIP-CNRS chercheur au CESDIP
Suicide in French prisons: a consequence of the prison conditions?
17.15-18:00 three short oral presentations
- Goran Curic, University in Osijek, HR
Croatian prison system: the heaven and the hell - Elena Atzeni, University of Torino, IT
Migrants and Administrative Detention in Italy: a Critical Approach - Pauline Jacobs, University of Tilburg, NL
Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike - Gloria Gaggioli, ADH Geneva University, CH
Investigating Deaths in Custody: The Legal Framework of the Right to Life
19.00 Dinner
Evening: for free social events
Wednesday 5 May 2010 |
Session 3: Torture and other violent causes of death in custody
Chair: Bernice Elger, ADH, Geneva, CH
09.00-09.30 Kurt Truebner, University Duisburg-Essen, DE
Custody-related deaths in Essen
09.30-10.30 four short oral presentations
- Cristian Stan, University of Titu Maiorescu Bucharest, RO
Suitability for Detention - The European Concept of Detention Interruption Due to Medical Reasons - Valeria Racemoli, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, CH
The Health Care Service's Role in the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment - Okonkwoh Chinyere Ogechi, Wageningen University, NL
The role of Tactical dialogue training for law enforcement agents as an intervention startegy for prevention of torture and death in custody - Marcikic Mladen, University Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, HR
Death in Custody, Experience from Eastern Croatia
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 Duarte Nuno Vieira, National Institute of Legal Medicine and University of Coimbra, PT; International Academy of Legal Medicine, World Police Medical Officers, International Reabilitation Council for Torture Victims
Torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in custody: the role of the forensic expert
11.45-12.15 four short oral presentations
- Hernan Reyes, ICRC, CH
Documentation of Torture: pitfalls and challenges. The ICRC experience - Eadaoin O'Brien, Irish Centre for Human Rights, IE
Medicolegal Investigation of War Crimes: The legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
12.30 Lunch
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
Session 4: Death in Custody and Post-mortem investigation and prosecution I
Chair: Patrice Mangin, Center for Legal Medicine, Universities of Lausanne and Geneva, CH
17.00-17.15 Awol Allo, University of Glasgow, UK
Unruly Defendants and Defence Counsels: Re-Contextualizing the Politicisation of Truth and Justice in Political Trials
17.15-18:15 three short oral presentations
- Patrick Muntzenberg, University of Geneva, CH
Legal Basis and Criteria of Investigating Death in Custody - Samar Khamis, Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights, CH
Legal Basis of the Obligation to Investigate Death in Custody-International Law Perspective - Marc Bollmann, University of Lausanne, CH
Developing minimal standards for the forensic investigation of deaths in custody
18:15-19:00 Jean-Pierre Restellini, Expert European Committee of the Prevention of Torture
Investigation of deaths in custody: the role of the CPT
19.30 Get-together & Conference Dinner
Thursday 6 May 2010 |
Session 5: Death in Custody and Post-mortem investigation and prosecution II
Chair: Bernice Elger, University of Geneva
09.00-09.45 Derrick Pounder, University of Dundee, UK
Death in custody: case examples from the perspective of an experienced forensic experts
09.45-10.30 Morris Tidball-Binz and Isabel Hight, ICRC
The role of the forensic expert for the work of the ICRC: the content of guidelines for the investigation of deaths in custody
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 three short oral presentations
- João Pinheiro, Gabinete Medico-Legal da Figueira da Foz, PT
Positive interaction between human rights violation investigation and the daily forensic practice - Wolf-Dieter Zech (co-author Thali Michael), Institute for forensic medicine, University of Berne, CH
The need for minimal standards investigating death in custody - Harald Jung, Institute of Legal Medicine Tirgu Mures, RO
Death in custody: historical moments vs. situation in nowadays Romania
11.45-12.30 three short oral presentations
- Irit Ballas, Hebrew University, Public Committee against Torture in Israel, Israel
Impunity Implied: The Nature of Impunity in Israel's Legal System and its Contribution to Israel's Human Rights Failures - Clara Ines Burbano-Herrera, Ghent University, BE
Provisional Measures in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights as a Mechanism of Protection to People in a Situation of Custody - Victor Tsilonis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR
Four Critical Issues of the Greek Prisons System: Work, Education, Communication and Disciplinary Measures
12.30 Lunch
Afternoon Half-day excursion: visit to the Remand prison in Norrköping
19:00 Dinner
21.00-22.00 Forward Look Plenary Discussion
Friday 7 May 2010 |
Breakfast, departure
List of accepted posters |
Badur Emel (co-author Ertem Burcu), Cankaya University, TR
Compulsory Treatment and Forced Feeding of Convicts Under the Turkish Law -An Evaluation in the Aspect of Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Dellaporta Georges-Andre-Paul, Private Office of Medical Expertise, GR
A Case of Unclear Death in a Greek Prison Hospital
Dores Antonio, Lisbon University Institut, PT
How can social theory contribute to human rights in prison environment?
Jalloh Chernor Nallah, Movesalone Organisation, SL
Womens Human Rights Violation
Kjaer Susanne, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, DK
Preventing torture through medical documentation: - dilemmas and lessons learned from the work of the IRCT to promote the Istanbul Protocol
Kumar Adarsh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, IN
“Tala”: A ‘traditional remedy’ or ‘torture of child’ by BRANDING - A Case Report
Macleod Kryss, University of the West of Scotland, UK
A State of Control: the Protection of Individuals and Dialogues of Control and Sovereignty in International Law
Santos José, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, PT
A sporadic connivance? Europe and The Rendition Flights
Turan Nursen, Black Sea University, TR
The Experience of Istanbul Protocol by Medical Doctors in The East Black Sea Region
Virmani Shorya, University of Mumbai, IN
Synopsis of Evil Done in Different Parts of World
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