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17 July 2011 |Reference 29/2011
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On Sunday 17 July 2011, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights opened a specialized training course entitled 'Lawyers' Role in Detecting and Combating Torture' held at the As-Salam Restaurant in Gaza City. About twenty-five practicing and trainee lawyers joined the course. The training is part of a project that aims at combating torture implemented jointly by Al Mezan, Adalah and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, and supported by the European Commission. Lawyer Waleed Ad-Dahnoun, the project lawyer, explained that the course aims to enhance lawyers' skills and knowledge of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the options for redress available for victims of torture under Palestinian, Israeli and international law so that they are better equipped to advise and represent the victims of torture and ill treatment. The course also introduces participants to international humanitarian law and international criminal law, given that torture is included in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The course consists of 24 hours to be delivered over five days by a team from Al Mezan trainers and experts from Palestinian universities and civil society. PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION JOINT PROJECT OF ADALAH, AL MEZAN (GAZA) AND PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-ISRAEL
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