Netherlands Helsinki Committee organizes on 8 May, at the premises of and with the cooperation of The Hague University for Applied Sciences. The conference is held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, an international inspection body of places of detention established under the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. The work of the committee covers all member states of the Council of Europe.
Speakers will come from academia, Amnesty International and Penal Reform International (names to be announced soon). Tini Kox and other members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will take part in a debate on the suggestions presented in this part of the speakers.