Joanne M. Lisosky Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. She is one of PLU's globe-trotting faculty. This summer she is leading a class in Geneva, Switzerland at the United Nations -- right at the crossroads of international politics. Join her as she and her students meet with UN officials and try to unravel the mysteries behind global problem-solving. No previous knowledge of international affairs required and she promises ... no tests.
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The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1997 and is celebrated each year on 26 June.
This year a book, Rebuilding Lives, was introduced to mark the occasion. The text focuses on the work of the Fund and the efforts of the non-governmental organizations it has supported over the past 25 years to assist and rehabilitate victims of torture. The book includes five illustrated articles on current victim support projects in Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Pakistan and Rwanda.
http://www.omct.org/index_en.cfm?CFID=3806929&CFTOKEN=38707879
A few of the illustrations in the book are gruesome. In a display downtown to commemorate the day, the images were even more disturbing.
It is difficult to imagine how one person could inflict such untold harm on another... and this is happening not in the dark ages, but during our life time.
