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
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