Voice of voiceless: Invitation for National Consultation “Testimonial campaign contribute to eliminate impunity for perpetrators of torture in India”

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Invitation for National Consultation “Testimonial campaign contribute to eliminate impunity for perpetrators of torture in India”

Invitation

National Consultation

"Testimonial campaign contribute to eliminate impunity for perpetrators of torture in India"

I am glad to invite you in National Consultation for two days i.e. 12th – 13th July, 2012 in New Delhi on "Testimonial campaign contribute to eliminate impunity for perpetrators of torture in India" jointly organized by Peoples' Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and National Alliance on Testimonial Therapy (NATT). We are aware that the fear and phobia due to torture and organized violence (TOV) is imparting culture of silence and testimonial therapy as a psycho legal support to the survivor is breaking silence against impunity.

Chief Guest: Hon'ble Justice Shri K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission

Guest of Honor: Mr. Pavel Svitil, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to India

Chair: Mr. Gautam Navlakha: Consultant Editor-Economic and Political Review

Speakers:

Mr. Sankar Sen, Ex- Director General, National Human Rights Commission

Dr D Roy Laifungbam, Chairperson, Human to Humane Transcultural Centre for Torture Victims (H2H)

Mr. Philip Mathew, Executive Director, SICHREM

Key Speakers in session: Human Rights Defenders from Manipur, Assam, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir,

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and New Delhi etc.

Venue:

§ On 12^th July, 2012 at Magnolia hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi at 10 am

§ On 13^th July, 2012 at Indian Social Institute, 10, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi at 10 am

You are cordially invited and your kind presence will certainly make the program successful and also encourages us to proceed in our mission.

For more information about this program please contact to Ms. Shruti Nagvanshi on her mobile no. + 91-9935599330 and Ms. Shirin Shabana Khan on her email: shabana@pvchr.asia, mobile no: +91-9453155296

Please visit given below link to know more information about testimonial therapy.

Concept note:

http://www.mynews.in/News/_testimonial_campaign_contributes_to_eliminate_impunity_for_perpetrators_of_torture_in_india__N458579.html.

http://www.testimonialtherapy.org/2012/06/concept-note-of-national-consultation.html

Article on Testimonial Therapy:

http://tps.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/25/1363461512447138.full.pdf+html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24223064/Testimonial-Therapy-A-Pilot-Project-to-Improve-Psychological-Wellbeing-Among-Survivors-of-Torture-in-India

With regards

Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi

Executive Director

PVCHR

Gwangju Human Rights Award – 2007