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DESCRIPTION:\n	\n		\n			Une conférence d'Alex Neve\, Secrétaire général d'Amnisti
 e Internationale Canada\, sur la grave question de la torture à travers le
  monde.\n			Résumé\n			(En anglais seulement) Around the world the scourge of to
 rture continues to be a global human rights crisis.  Governments deny it e
 xists\; cover it up\; excuse it in the name of security\; use it to terror
 ize opponents and minorities\; brutally rely on it in fighting crime\; and
  pretend it only occurs in isolated cases.  Amnesty International’s resear
 ch points to torture in close to ¾ of the world’s states over the past fiv
 e years. While torture is obviously not rampant in Canada\, that does not 
 mean we are off the hook. There are many ways in which Canada is complicit
  in torture that has occurred in other countries. As well\, Canada falls s
 hort in ensuring justice for torture survivors and accountability of tortu
 rers.  And Canada inexplicably has not yet signed on to a 12-year old UN t
 reaty dealing with torture prevention. Alex Neve will survey the state of 
 the world and the state of the nation when it comes to combatting torture.
 \n			Le conférencier\n			(En anglais seulement) Alex Neve believes in a world in
  which the human rights of all people are protected. He has been a member 
 of Amnesty International since 1985 and has served as Secretary General of
  Amnesty International Canada since 2000. In that role he has carried out 
 numerous human rights research missions throughout Africa and Latin Americ
 a\, and closer to home to such locations as Grassy Narrows First Nation in
  NW Ontario and to Guantánamo Bay. He speaks to audiences across the count
 ry about a wide range of human rights issues\, appears regularly before pa
 rliamentary committees and UN bodies\, and is a frequent commentator in th
 e media.\n			Alex is a lawyer\, with an LLB from Dalhousie University and a M
 asters Degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Ess
 ex. He has served as a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board\, taugh
 t at Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Ottawa\, been affiliate
 d with York University's Centre for Refugee Studies\, and worked as a refu
 gee lawyer in private practice and in a community legal aid clinic. He is 
 on the Board of Directors of Partnership Africa Canada\, the Canadian Cent
 re for International Justice and the Centre for Law and Democracy. Alex ha
 s been named an Officer of the Order of Canada\, a Trudeau Foundation Ment
 or and has received an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the Universi
 ty of New Brunswick.\n		\n	\n\n \n
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LOCATION:NCDH 312\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Confronting a Human Rights Scourge: Canada and the Global Struggle 
 against Torture
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/confronting-human-rights-sc
 ourge-canada-and-global-struggle-against-torture-240581
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