TORTURE PREVENTION ISSUE IN FOCUS OF OSCE
OSCE Conference related to the international situation on prevention of tortures will be held in Vienna, on November 6-7, 2003. The conference was organized on the joint initiative of OSCE Chairman, Foreign Affairs Minister of Netherlands Yaap de Hoop Scheffer and OSCE Bureau for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Fifty five OSCE member states, as well as scientists, international experts and heads of NGOs will attend the two-day conference. The issues on human rights observance while detaining and arresting, prohibition of any forms of violence for taking testimonies, as well as revelation and investigation of facts of torture will be the focus of the conference.
