National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs 2025 Symposium
The 17th National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs Annual Research Symposium will take place in conjunction with the Consortium’s annual business meeting. This year’s symposium will focus on the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Healing, providing a dynamic platform for researchers to present their findings and discuss ongoing challenges in the field.
Set for March 17, 2025, the event will be held in a hybrid format, featuring a full day of engaging sessions. Attendees can look forward to presentations from leading researchers, a thought-provoking Presidential Panel, and a special keynote address by Juan E. Méndez, Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence at American University – Washington College of Law.
Keynote Speaker: Juan E. Méndez
Juan E. Méndez is Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence at the American University-Washington College of Law and was the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment from November 2010 to October 31, 2016. He co-chaired a Steering Committee that drafted the Principles on Effective Interviews in Investigations and Other Information Gathering, eventually published in May of 2021. From July 2020 to June 2024 he served in the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture as the member for the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC). Between January 2022 and July 2024 he was one of three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as a member of the International Independent Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Law Enforcement.
In 2020 and 2021 he served as one of five members of the International Independent Group of Experts (GIEI for its acronym in Spanish) that investigated and reported on violations of human rights and acts of violence in Bolivia in the context of the elections and change of government in late 2019. Between April and December 2017 he was a member of the Selection Committee (Comité de Escogencia) that appointed magistrates to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and members of the Truth Commission contemplated in the Peace Accords between Colombia and the FARC guerrillas.
Until May 2009 he was the President of the International Center for Transitional Justice and Scholar-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation in New York (summer 2009). Concurrent with his duties at ICTJ, he was Kofi Annan’s Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide (2004 to 2007). Between 2000 and 2003 he was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States and served as its President in 2002. He has taught international law and human rights at Oxford University (UK) since 1997 and to the present, as well as various Universities.
Location: Georgetown University – Georgetown Conference Center, Washington D.C
Who should attend? This symposium is directed to physicians, psychologists, social workers, physical therapists, journalists, human rights advocates, political scientists, and lawyers in disciplines such as medicine, psychology, social work, case management, epidemiology, human rights, and justice and reparation.
Please click below to register:
In-person General Admission: $ 115
In-person Student Admission: $ 50
Staff of NCTTP Members: $ 70
NCTTP Members Bundle: $ 130
Virtual General Admission: $ 60
Virtual Student Admission: $ 40
Virtual NCTTP Members: $ 40
If you are a staff of NCTTP Member and would like to register for the bundled event (Symposium 3/17 and Business Meeting on 3/18), please select the bundle option.
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