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Dear Colleague, This is a heads up on a conference DHR is organizing on Sat. 25 June in London. It will feature the authors of three recent and related reports on the UK situation published by: Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors for Human Rights and Bail for Immigration Detainees. DHR will be circulating this information in the coming days, but I thought you might like to know now. Apologies if the booking form is not yet posted on our web page. Kindly note that there is a charge of £10.00 and because the room can only hold sixty people and early booking is advised. Best wishes, Bernie. DOCTORS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Annual conference to mark International Torture Victim Solidarity Day The Right to Health of Detained Asylum Seekers and Migrants Saturday June 25, 2005 10:00 – 13:00 Board Room Ground Floor, Middlesex Hospital Mortimer Street, London W1 10:00 Registration 10:30 Panel Dr. Peter Hall, Chair Doctors for Human Rights, author of the CAT Report DHR's concerns about the right to health of asylum seekers and migrants. Dr. Judith Cook, formerly with Medecins Sans Frontieres and co-author of the MSF Report The health and medical needs of immigration detainees in the UK: MSF’s experiences. Sarah Cutler, Policy and Research Officer, Bail for Immigration Detainees, author of the BID Report Policy issues and legal routes to challenging detention. People who have fled persecution and torture need stability and a chance to come to terms with their trauma and changed circumstances. Too often, this is unavailable. In this conference, the authors of three pertinent reports on the UK discuss their findings on the health needs, the health provision and the legal requirements concerning asylum seekers and migrants in detention. Cost £10.00 Early booking advised Internet http://www.doctorsforhumanrights.org/ In person Dr. P. Hall, Tel: 01923 - 464 908 E/M: [log in to unmask] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html