CISD 2012 Annual Lecture: 'Torture and Civilisation' with Helen Bamber
Helen Bamber
Date: 31 May 2012Time: 6:30 PM
Finishes: 31 May 2012Time: 8:30 PM
Venue: Room: Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Type of Event: Annual Lecture
The 2012 CISD Annual Lecture, titled 'Torture and Civilisation', will be delivered by Helen Bamber OBE. Ms Bamber has worked tirelessly in the human rights field for over 60 years helping thousands of survivors worldwide, starting in the former German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen after WWII. She was an early member of Amnesty International and in 1985 established The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, where she was a guiding light until early 2005. Named European Woman of Achievement in 1993, she was awarded the OBE in 1997 and in the same year also received a lifetime Human Rights Achievement award for her work. She is on a number of advisory boards in related fields and holds honorary degrees from 11 universities, including Oxford, Brookes, Dundee, Ulster, Essex, Kingston, and Hull University.
Read more about Helen Bamber and the Helen Bamber Foundation.
The event will be followed by a reception.
Admission is free and open to all. No registration required.
Contact email: rg35@soas.ac.uk
