On the occasion of the
UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,
Fr. Michael Begley CSSp., Director of
SPIRASI, and Prof. Linda Hogan, Head of School,
Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin cordially invite to the public seminar and discussion on:
“Survivors of Torture – the Irish Response”
with opening address by the President of Ireland,
Mary McAleese, at the Swift Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2, at 5.45pm on Thursday 25th June 2009.
Programme:
(1) Opening Address – President Mary McAleese
(2) "International Human Rights Standards on Torture & Ireland’s Response" by Professor Helen O’Neill – Member of the Irish Human Rights Commission
(3) "The Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture (CCST) – The Past, Present and Future" by Dr. Eileen Keane – Coordinating Physician of the CCST at SPIRASI
(4) "Waves of Insanity" by Laith – An Irish survivor of torture, originally from Iraq
R.S.V.P. (by 10th June 2009):
Maura Connolly
SPIRASI, 213 North Circular Road, Dublin 7.
01 838 9664
seminar@spirasi.ie
