(Via REDRESS)
Please find below an invitation to a roundtable event in the Senedd to mark the new civil society report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in England and Wales, kindly sponsored and chaired by John Griffiths AM.
Date: 1 May 2019
Time: 12-13.30
Location: Media Briefing Room, Senedd
The report contains evidence and recommendations relating to a number of issues that are relevant to the Convention in England and Wales, including: asylum and immigration, other forms of deprivation of liberty, including in health care settings, human trafficking, prisons, policing and the ill-treatment of children.
The report has been endorsed by over 70 civil society organisations and individuals.
For further information or to RSVP please reply to this email or contact Josie Fathers at josie@redress.org.
REDRESS, Children’s Rights Alliance for England (Just for Kids Law), Children in Wales, Disability Rights UK, Freedom from Torture and Liberty invite you to a panel event and roundtable discussion on:
TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES: The UK’s upcoming examination by the UN Committee against Torture
Wednesday 1 May, 12-13.30
Media Briefing Room, Senedd
The discussion will take place in the context of the launch of the new civil society report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in England and Wales. The report has been endorsed by over 70 leading civil society organisations and individuals.
The report contains evidence and recommendations relating to a number of issues that are relevant to the Convention, including: asylum and immigration, other forms of deprivation of liberty, including in health care settings, human trafficking, prisons, policing and the ill-treatment of children.
The UN Committee against Torture is due to examine the UK and devolved governments on the 7-8 May 2019. The discussion will cover the key findings of the report and key next steps for Assembly Members.
Speakers to include:
Chris Esdaile, Legal Advisor, REDRESS
Sean O’Neill, Policy Director, Children in Wales
Kolbassia Haoussou, Freedom from Torture, and Co-founder, Survivors Speak OUT, providing a survivor’s perspective of asylum and immigration in the UK.
The event is kindly sponsored and will be chaired by
John Griffiths AM
Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee
For further information or to RSVP please contact Josie Fathers at josie@redress.org.
Mae REDRESS, Cynghrair Hawliau Plant Lloegr (Just for Kids Law), Plant yng Nghymru, Hawliau Anabledd y DU, Rhyddid rhag Arteithio a Liberty yn eich gwahodd i ddigwyddiad panel a thrafodaeth bord gron ar
ARTEITHIO A CHAMDRINIAETH YNG NGHYMRU A LLOEGR:
Archwiliad nesaf y DU gan Bwyllgor y Cenhedloedd Unedig yn erbyn Arteithio
Ddydd Mercher 1 Mai 12-13.30
Ystafell Friffio’r Cyfryngau, y Senedd
Bydd y drafodaeth yn cael ei chynnal yng nghyd-destun lansio adroddiad newydd y gymdeithas sifil ar weithredu Confensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig yn erbyn Arteithio a Thriniaeth Greulon, Annynol neu Ddiraddiol arall neu Gosb yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Mae’r adroddiad wedi cael ei gymeradwyo gan dros 70 o fudiadau cymdeithas sifil ac unigolion blaenllaw.
Mae’r adroddiad yn cynnwys tystiolaeth ac argymhellion sy’n ymwneud â nifer o faterion sy’n berthnasol i’r Confensiwn, yn eu plith: lloches a mewnfudo, ffurfiau eraill o amddifadu rhyddid, gan gynnwys mewn lleoliadau gofal iechyd, masnachu pobl, carchardai, plismona a chamdrin plant.
Mae disgwyl i Bwyllgor y Cenhedloedd Unedig yn erbyn Arteithio archwilio’r DU a llywodraethau datganoledig ar 7-8 Mai 2019. Bydd y drafodaeth yn ystyried prif ganfyddiadau’r adroddiad a’r camau nesaf allweddol i Aelodau’r Cynulliad.
Bydd y siaradwyr yn cynnwys:
Chris Esdaile, Cynghorydd Cyfreithiol, REDRESS
Sean O’Neill, Cyfarwyddwr Polisi, Plant yng Nghymru
ac eraill i’w cadarnhau.
Kolbassia Haoussou, Freedom from Torture, a Chyd-sylfaenydd, Survivors Speak OUT, yn rhoi safbwynt goroeswr o loches a mewnfudo yn y DU.
Mae’r digwyddiad yn cael ei gadeirio a’i noddi drwy garedigrwydd
John Griffiths AC
Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau
Am ragor o wybodaeth neu i ymateb i’r gwahoddiad cysylltwch â Josie Fathers yn josie@redress.org
