Speeches given at the OPCAT 10th anniversary event
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
10th Anniversary of the OPCAT Celebration Event: 17 November
Message from the UNSG:
Mr. Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Opening statement:
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Statement:
Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President the International Committee of the Red Cross
Panel 1: OPCAT ten years of preventing torture; added value and lessons learnt
Moderator: Ms. Suzanne Jabbour, member of the SPT
H.E. Coly Seck, State Party Representative of Senegal
Ms. Felice Gaer, Vice-chair of the Committee against Torture
Mr. Manfred Nowak, Former Special Rapporteur on Torture
Mr. Nika Kvaratskhelia, National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia
Ms. Dinara Sayakova, National Preventive Mechanism of Kyrgyzstan
Ms. Barbara Bernath, Association for the Prevention of Torture
Panel 2: A cooperative triangular relationship; challenges and ways forward
Moderator: Mr. Víctor Madrigal-Borloz, member of the SPT
H.E. Walid Doudech, State Party representative of Tunisia
Mr. Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture
Mr. Mykola Gnatovskyy, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
Ms. Laura Dolci-Kanaan, Representative of the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
Ms. Helga Fastrup Ervik, National Preventive Mechanism of Norway