This notebook describes how one organization (ICAR) in Romania was able to pressure the government to accept its moral and legal obligation to provide care to torture victims. The group had international support but they recognized that it was the states responsibility to rehabilitate this socially marginalized group.
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Using cinema to promote discussion and understanding of human rights culture
The Human Rights for the Assistance of Prisoners (HRAP) in Egypt used cinema to promote discussion and understanding of human rights culture. HRAP wanted to raise public awareness of human rights issues and particularly awareness of the conditions of prisoners.
Providing DNA testing and legal assistance to prisoners who may have been wrongly accused of a crime
The Innocence Project involves lawyers, law students, and law schools in assisting prisoners who challenge their convictions based on DNA testing of evidence.
Since the advent of forensic DNA testing in the 1980s it has become possible to draw up a genetic profile of a suspect and, in turn, exonerate wrongly convicted defendants.
notebook: International Monitoring Bodies: Powerful tools for leveraging local change
This notebook demonstrates how international mechanisms can be a powerful tool for organizations trying to bring about change in their community. This notebook uses the example of Northern Ireland and describes how the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) was able to successfully utilise the UN Committee Against Torture to pressure the UK to establish mechanisms and standards
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