Friday 15 and Saturday 16 February 2013

Venue: Amnesty International UK, London

Jointly organised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Ethics, University of Brighton, and The Rendition Project, Universities of Kent and Kingston, this two-day conference for activists, academics and the public aims to explore Britain’s use of torture since 1945; its complicity in torture; and what might be done to end both.

Confirmed speakers:
Huw Bennett (Aberystwyth University)
Ruth Blakeley (Rendition Project/University of Kent)
Ian Cobain (Guardian)
Jamie Gaskarth (University of Plymouth)
Peter Oborne (Daily Telegraph)
Gareth Peirce (Birnberg Peirce)
Sam Raphael (Rendition Project/Kingston University)
Philippe Sands (University College, London)
Phil Shiner (Public Interest Lawyers)
Henry Shue (Oxford University)
Heather Widdows (University of Birmingham)

Topics include:
A brief history of British torture since the end of WWII
Britain’s role in rendition
The uses and limits of the law in trying to end UK torture
The ethics of British complicity
Taking responsibility for Britain’s history of torture: academics and the public
Practical campaigning against torture
The media’s complicity
Lessons from the USA

The conference is open to anyone interested.
It runs from 1000 - 1800 on both days. Talks, in one-hour slots, are of about 30 mins., so as to allow as much time as possible for discussion.

Costs: £30 employed/ £15 unemployed or student

Conference registration: http://shop.brighton.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&catid=10&modid=2&prodid=145&deptid=3&prodvarid=0