INPT International Colloquium: “Monitoring of detention conditions of people in vulnerable situation”

Participants include high-level representatives of UN bodies and agencies and the African Union, members of civil society organisations and international experts, including Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, Secretary-General of No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), and Frej Fenniche, MENA régional Representative of NPWJ. The purpose of the two-day colloquium is to discuss the various strategies and mechanisms aimed at the prevention of torture and the protection of human rights of detainees in situation of vulnerability, the causes and the factors of vulnerability, as well as to exchange know-how and good practices in the monitoring of the conditions of detention and the treatment of vulnerable persons.

The event is co-organised by UNDP-Tunisia, in cooperation with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), OMCT – Réseau SOS Torture, No Peace Without Justice, Al-Kawakibi Democracy Transition Centre, Danish Institute for Human Rights, EuroMed Rights, Dignity (Danish Institute against Torture), Trust (Transition Redevable pour la Société Tunisienne) and DCAF-Geneva.

For further information, please contact Frej Fenniche (MENA Regional representative) on ffenniche@npwj.org or Nicola Giovannini (Press & Public Affairs Coordinator) on ngiovannini@npwj.org.