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Seminar: The UN Convention against Torture and State Violence

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SNU Human Rights Center hosted a seminar on the UN Convention against Torture (CAT), inviting two prominent experts: George Tugushi, a member of the UN Committee against Torture, introduced the committee’s work in monitoring each state’s implementation of CAT. Pil-Gyu Hwang, a lawyer of the Human Rights Law Foundation Gongam, talked about implications of the convention and its desirable directions of implementation in the Korean context.

 

Time: 10:00-12:00, December 18, 2013



Venue: Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Building of the Office of International Affairs, Seoul National University

 

Program:

Facilitator: Joo-Young Lee (Expert Advisor, SNU Human Rights Center)

Opening Remark: Chinsung Chung (Professor of Sociology, Director of the SNU Human Rights Center)

Presentation 1: George Tugushi, “Work of the UN Committee against Torture”

Presentation 2: Pil-Gyu Hwang, “State Violence and the UN Convention against Torture”

Q&A / Discussion

 

*George Tugushi also serves as a public interest advocate elected by the Congress in his country, Georgia.

**Pil-Gyu Hwang works in human rights litigations and legal/policy reforms, focusing on migration and refugees, multinational business and human rights, and international human rights, at Gonggam: Human Rights Law Foundation.