PRESENTING 2001 AGM PANELS

AGM 2001's Opening Plenary, Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 am, will present Torture Survivors Organizing to Prevent Torture. A compelling panel of torture survivors/activists will develop an understanding of the underpinnings of torture through its socio-historical context as well as its current realities. Panelists will offer testimonials and discuss how survivors and non-survivor allies can effectively organize activists to stop further abuses. Other issues discussed include why people torture and how we can use this knowledge to stop torture, treatment of survivors as prevention of torture, and making the most strategic use of methods for prevention.

The afternoon panel sessions following will further explore how torture and other human rights abuses can be confronted and what steps can be taken to make us more effective activists.

PANELS: SESSION I, Saturday April 21, 2:00- 3:30 pm

• Confronting Identity-Based Discrimination and Human Rights Violations
• Technology, Science, and Innovation in Torture Prevention
• Lifetime Activism
• The Human Rights Agenda of Amnesty International: Part I
• Torture in China - Time for Action
• (More on Panels: Session I)

PANELS SESSION II, Saturday April 21, 5:30- 7:00 pm

• Death Penalty Work in the United States: Strategic Considerations
• Holding Torturers Accountable: Should Amnesty "Name Names"?
• The Military Profession and the Human Rights Community: Dialogue or Disengagement in the 21st Century?
• Raising the Bar - Human Rights Strategies in a Globalized Economy
• The Human Rights Agenda of Amnesty International: Part II
• Facts on the Ground: Monitoring the Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Territories
• (More on Panels: Session II)