A panel discussion event presented by the IBA and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. At a time when the absolute prohibition of torture is routinely challenged across the globe, this high-level panel of speakers discussed the importance of reaffirming torture as a human rights violation.
Panellists: Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, barrister and Co-Chair, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute; Juan Mendez, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Beatrice Mtetwa, human rights lawyer, Zimbabwe; Mark Ellis, IBA Executive Director.
The event was moderated by broadcaster Owen Bennett Jones.
