Human
Rights
Brief
Volume 20 | Issue 4 | Summer 2013
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Litigation Before the UN Committee against Torture:
Strengthening This Important Tool against Torture
Proceedings of a Conference Presented by
the American University Washington College of Law
and the World Organisation Against Torture
April 15, 2013
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Opening Remarks
Dean Claudio Grossman, Gisella Gori, Gerald Staberock
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Panel I: The Use of Interim Measures by the Committee against Torture:
Towards a Comprehensive Instrument for the Protection of Victims and
Witnesses in Torture Cases
Hélène Legeay, Carla Ferstman, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón
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Panel II: The Role of the Committee against Torture in Providing Full
and Adequate Reparation to Victims
Dean Claudio Grossman, Octavio Amezcua
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Panel III: Challenges in the Implementation of the Decisions
of the Committee against Torture
Karinna Moskalenko, Christian De Vos, Elsy Chemurgor Sainna
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Panel IV: Challenges to Proving Cases of Torture before
the Committee against Torture
Gabriela Echeverria, Mario López-Garelli, Hari Phuyal, Juan E. Méndez
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