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NIHR Participates in a Workshop on the Prevention of Torture in Public Gathering Contexts

The Secretariat-General of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), has participated in a workshop on “The Prevention of Torture in Public Gathering Context”, organised by Amnesty International in cooperation with the Association for the Prevention of Torture in Geneva, with the participation of a number of specialists and experts in the field of human rights and the relevant authorities.

The participants discussed a number of topics related to the prevention of torture in public gatherings were discussed, and the role of preventive mechanisms in providing information to the Sub-committee on its mandate and performance, the main challenges and good practices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the legal framework for the prevention of torture, and the role of the NIHR in the prevention of torture.