Many thanks to all our sponsors, contributors and delegates who made the 9th international ISHHR workshops & conference a big success!
Keynote speakers: Emeritus Prof. Vamik Volkan and Dr. Pau Perez
Conference Program is available here. Official report will be available from February 2012.
Announcements:
1. Health Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, IRELAND
Dates: 16 - 20 July 2012
Limited scholarships available. For more information, click here.
2. INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA MEETINGS VII: Social Trauma; The Results and Coping
Dates: Nov 30th - Dec 2nd 2012,
Venue: Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, TURKEY
For more information, click here.
ISHHR brings together professionals and people affected by trauma and human rights abuses from all over the world every few years for a major conference to combat these effects.
International Capacity Building Workshops and Conference on Health and Human Rights is a four day distinctive event created by ISHHR to bring together health specialists, human rights advocates, social workers and other professionals that work to eliminate gross human rights violations and assist affected people all around the world. Participants share knowledge on how to combat the effects of trauma, torture and human rights abuses on mental health and gain new skills.
Participants of ISHHR workshops and conferences reach out to tens of thousands of torture survivors and survivors of gross human rights' violations around the world that benefit from the services of colleagues that receive training about the latest developments in rehabilitation techniques to be used towards creating healthier communities following conflicts, exchange information with colleagues from all around the world working under different circumstances, and probably add to the literature.
Your centres might have been affected from the radical decrease in UNVFVT grants for 2011. As for ISHHR, these cuts have been shattering, since UNVFVT funding subclass for training and seminars for professionals assisting victims was suspended for 2011. We need our colleagues from developing countries to make it to Tbilisi this October, as much as we need those from the developed world to make this global networking and learning experience meaningful to all. For more information on sponsoring this event go to become a sponsor.
Health and Human Rights Info Health and Human Rights Info is a project initiated by the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR) and funded by the Norwegian NGO Mental Health Project. HHRI website contains a database with links to selected materials, divided into three categories and thematic pages. The Health and Human Rights Info database represents an important source of information within the field of health and human rights, and psychosocial intervention.
