March 19, 2024

Watch full side event on Preventing Torture in Prison: Current Issues and Good Practices in Prison Management

During the 55th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council DIGNITY hosted a side event about how to prevent torture in prisons. During the session the panel discussed global challenges of prison management at a time when the world prison population is record-high, the impact of penal policy on prison management and good practices in protecting prisoners from torture and in pursuing alternatives to detention and imprisonment.

The panel was:

H.E. Ib Petersen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN in Geneva
Dr. Alice J. Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Ms. Suzanne Jabbour, Chair of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Ms. Barbara Bernath, Secretary General, Association for the Prevention of Torture
Dr. Marie Brasholt, Medical Director of DIGNITY – Danish Institute against Torture, and member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
Therese Rytter, Legal Director of DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, and Vice President of European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

Watch full side event below.