Torture and Terror Conference

Event Date

15th & 16th November 2007

Venue

The Council Room, Venn Building, University of Hull

Organisers & participants at the Torture & Terror Conference

Although prohibited by customary international law, the practice of torture has persevered worldwide and has long been regarded in security circles to be justifiable as a practical necessity.

Against the backdrop of the war on terror, we have seen the recent dramatic development of an intellectual defence of torture: a number of respectable scholars, lawyers and politicians have begun to present sophisticated arguments seeking to justify torture in certain circumstances, in particular to prevent acts of terror. These claims, in conjunction with more established reasoning against the practice, make this an opportune time to re-examine the torture debate.

Downloads:

• Conference Report in Word format or Conference Report in PDF format (3 pages)
• Conference Poster (1 page)
• Conference Programme & Booking Form (4 pages)
• Press Release (1 page)

Update:

Following the successful 'Torture and Terror' conference held at the University of Hull in November 2007, a book containing revised version of the papers presented at this conference is available from Nomos Publishers.