huridocs-gen-l Torture Conference:

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>Subject: huridocs-gen-l Torture Conference:  Call for Papers/Speakers
>Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:08:00 +0100
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>Dear all,
>
>I'm forwarding a note about an upcoming Torture Conference.
>It is both for your information and to solicit
>papers/presenters.  Please send any questions, etc.,
>directly to the persons indicated therein.  Merci d'avance,
>Lyonette (llou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>Lyonette Louis-Jacques            |   llou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Foreign and International Law     |   "Injustice anywhere is a
>Librarian and Lecturer in Law     |   threat to justice everywhere"
>University of Chicago Law School  |   - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
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>
>Call For Proposals
>
>The University of Chicago Human Rights Program is planning a
>conference on the concepts of torture and cruel, inhuman and
>degrading treatment.  This conference will take place on
>March 4-6, 1999.  The conference will explore issues such as
>the social construction of torture as a specific cultural
>and historical institution, the mechanisms of proving
>torture, turning legal proof into public knowledge and
>enforcement of sanctions against torturers.  The conference
>will bring together human rights activists, legal and
>historical scholars, forensic practitioners and
>anthropologists.  The goal for the conference is to produce
>new insights for litigation, activism and scholarship on
>torture.
>
>The Human Rights Program is soliciting proposals for papers.
>Speakers would present at one of the conference sessions.
>Session topics are:
>
>Session 1:  Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
>or Punishment, as Definitions and Concepts in Modern Legal
>Thought
>
>Session 2:  Torture as a Method of Domination and an
>Interrogation Technique
>
>Session 3:  The Social Construction of Torture and its
>Limits
>
>Session 4:  Proving Torture:  Creating Evidence and
>Knowledge
>
>Session 5:  Why is Torture so Persistent?
>
>Session 6:  Enforcing the International Prohibition Against
>Torture
>
>Interested individuals should send a resume, a brief
>statement of interests and an abstract describing current
>research activities on the topic of torture by December 31,
>1998 to:
>
>The University of Chicago Human Rights Program
>Center for International Studies
>5828 S. University Ave.
>Chicago, IL  60637
>
>For more information, please contact Jacqueline Bhabha at
>1-773-702-9455, Michael Geyer at 1-773-702-7939 or e-mail
>human-rights@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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