Ratification of convention against torture: A step to break the cycle of torture and poverty

On the occasion of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, in partnership with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights held a workshop entitled “Towards ratification of the convention against torture: a step to break the cycle of torture and poverty” in Al Salam Restaurant in Gaza. The workshop was well attended by Dr. Ahmed Abu Tawahina, Director General of the GCMHP, Mr. Sol Taka Hashi, the vice president of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Mr. Hassan Zyada, director of the GCMHP’s Gaza Community Center in addition to representatives of law associations and prisoner’s committees, Islamic and National forces, and a number of human rights activists, supporters of the victims of torture and news agencies.