Seminar on Ill-treatment and Torture

For Judges and Prosecutors

 

 

Turkey

 

Venue: TBC

 

 

Ankara

Turkey

 

23-24 March 2006

 

 

 


Thursday 23 March 2006

 

CHAIR:

Mr. Derrick Pounder

Professor of Forensic Medicine

University of Dundee

                       

 

09.00 – 09.30                Welcome

 

                                                                                              Dr Keramettin Kurt

                                                                                  Director of the Council of Forensic Medicine

 

Mr Christian Danielsson

Head of Unit, Turkey Team

Directorate Enlargement, European Commission

 

                                                                                  Mr Morten Jung-Olsen

Head of Unit, Institution Building

Directorate Enlargement, European Commission

 

Mr Fahri Kasırga or Mr Sadi Güven

Undersecretary or Deputy Undersecretary

Ministry of Justice

 

                                                                                 

 

           

09.30 – 10.15               Introduction to Istanbul Protocol and the Principles

           

                                    Mr Gürsel Çetin

Professor of Forensic Medicine

Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine

 

Mr Mark Kelly

Director, Human Rights Consultants

Ireland

 

10.15 – 10.45                Torture - Relevant International Legal Standards

Mr Eric Svanidze

Member of the European Committee

for the Prevention of Torture

 

 

 

 

10:45 – 11:00                 Coffee break

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 - 11.30                 Torture according to Turkish Penal Code

 

 

                                                                                                                      Mr İzzet Özgenç

                                                                                                           Assoc. Professor of Criminal law

                                                                                                               Gazi University Faculty of Law

 

Mr Eric Svanidze

Former Member of the European Committee

for the Prevention of Torture

 

11.30 – 12.15               Investigation of torture as a crime, collection and preservation of evidence

 

Mr Robert Denmark

Consultant/Trainer in ethical

serious crime investigations on Human Rights Law

12.15 – 12.30             Discussion

 

12:30 – 14:00             Lunch Break

 

14:00 – 14:30                Investigation of torture as a crime - Role of prosecutors

                                                                                                  Mr. Fatih Mahmutoğlu       Assoc.Professor of Criminal Law

                                                                                              Istanbul University Faculty of Law

 

Mr Robert Denmark

Consultant/Trainer in ethical

serious crime investigations on Human Rights Law

 

 

 

14:30 – 15:00                 Role of judges

 

Mr.Vahit Bıçak

                                                                                                          Assoc.Professor of Criminal Law

                                                                                  Police Academy, Faculty of Security Sciences

 

15.00 – 15.15              Coffee break

 

                                                                                                    


 

 

                                                                      

15.15 – 15:45                Prohibition of Torture and Counter Terrorism

 

Mr.Eric Svanidze

Former Member of the European Committee

for the Prevention of Torture

 

15.45 – 16.15                Safeguards for prevention of torture – accused and detainee

                                  

Mr Mark Kelly

Director, Human Rights Consultants

Ireland           

 

16:15 – 17:00                Discussion and closure of Day 1

 

 

 

 


 

 

Friday 24 March 2006

 

CHAIR:

Mr Mark Kelly

Director, Human Rights Consultants

Ireland

 

 

           

                                              

 

09.30 – 10.00                           Problems arising during investigating torture as a crime

 

Mr Hamit Hancı

                                                                                                             Professor of Forensic Medicine                                                      Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

 

Mr Eric Svanidze

Former Member of the European Committee

for the Prevention of Torture

 

10.00 – 10.45               The medical report as an evidence-Physical findings

                                  

Mr Derrick Pounder

Professor of Forensic Medicine

University of Dundee

 

Mr Akif İnanıcı

                                                                                                         Professor of Forensic Medicine

Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

 

                                                                      

                                                                                                                                

10:30 – 10:45                 Discussion

 

10.45 – 11.00             Coffee break

 

11.00 – 12.00               Psychological assessment (including memory block and inconsistency)

                                                                                                 

Mr Gökhan Oral

Assoc. Prof. of Forensic Medicine

İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine

 

Mr Derrick Pounder

Professor of Forensic Medicine

University of Dundee

           

12:00 – 12:30                 Discussion

 

 

12:30 – 14:00              Lunch Break

 

 

14:00 – 15:00                 Medical documentation and report writing

                                              

-          Standard Forms         

-          Alternative Report

-          Second opinion

     

Mr Serhat Gürpınar

                                                                                  Assoc. Professor of Forensic Medicine

Council of Forensic Medicine

 

Mr Derrick Pounder

Professor of Forensic Medicine

University of Dundee

 

 

 

 

15.00 – 16.00                Discussion. Questions and Answers

                                    Final Conclusions

                                   

Closure of Seminar

 

 

 

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