IRCT invited panel - Session 7.6 - Empowering Survivors: Advancing the Global Fight Against Torture Through Agency and Justice
Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
16:15 - 17:30 |
Meeting Room 4 (90T) |
Details
Panelists:
LISA HENRY, Secretary General at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) (Denmark)
KOLBASSIA HAOUSSOU, Executive Committee Member at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), Director of Survivor Empowerment at Freedom From Torture (FFT) (UK)
AHSAN KHAN, Survivor Advisory Board Member and Convener at IRCT, Co-founder of rehabilitation centre Human Development Organization (HDO) (Pakistan)
NOURA GHAZI, Survivor Advisory Board Member at IRCT, Human Rights Lawyer, Activist, and Writer. Founder and General Director of Nophotozone, a non-governmental organisation that seeks to promote legal awareness, human rights, and knowledge related to cases of detention and enforced disappearances (Syria)
MARGARITA CRUZ, Survivor Advisory Board Member at IRCT, Psychologist, Activist, and President of the Association of Ex-detainees and Disappeared People in Argentina (A.E.D.D) (Argentina)
Panelist
Mr
Andres Guerrero Rubiano
Founding Member
MOCAO
Mr
Kolbassia Haoussou
Freedom From Torture
Ms
Lisa Henry
Secretary General
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
