Within the “Torture is a humiliation to human dignity” project, the Faculty of Law in Arab American University and under collaboration with “Hurryyat Center” to defense civil freedom and rights has organized a lecture about the concept of torture according to what is stipulated in the Convention and Criminalization of Torture.
Dr. Rizq Samoudi- the Dean of the Faculty of Law said that according to the agreement between Arab American University and Horryyat Center, the faculty has organized this lecture about the torture concept according to what is stipulated in the Convention and Criminalization of Torture, the documentation of torture violations according to the Istanbul Protocol, the activating of national legal measures to prevent torture, and accountability to those who practice it.
Dr. Samoudi said that this lecture targets the Faculty of Law students who are about to graduate and clarified that this lecture aims to contribute in protecting the Palestinian human rights especially maintaining the dignity and physical integrity of Palestinians.
Moreover, Dr. Samoudi ensured that the Faculty of Law always keens to organize training courses and lectures to its students with collaboration with other legal institutions as the faculty aims to refine the personality of its students, introduce them to the different legal matters and prepare them to the labor market.
