ESF Research Conferences

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-HerreraGhent 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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