The European Science Foundation (ESF) and the University of Linköping are organising a conference on 'Violations of human rights and humanitarian law: investigation and prevention of torture and death in custody' from 3 to 7 May 2010 in Linköping, Sweden

The aim of this conference is to bring together scientific leaders from human rights law, criminology, sociology, ethics and legal medicine with European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) experts, European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judges and members of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and to attract more young researchers in order to further research in this important domain.

The conference is designed to help build highly efficient research groups throughout Europe and to facilitate research contacts with international researchers outside Europe, while at the same time increasing international awareness of human rights protection in Europe.

For more information, visit the event's web site: http://www.esf.org/activities/esf-conferences/details/2010/confdetail318.html?conf=318&year=2010