Pandemic and Prisons International Conference

Please find below the program for our conference titled “Pandemic and Prisons,” which will be held on June 3-4, 2023, at Occidental Taksim.

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3 June 2023

10.45-11:00

Opening Speech

Şebnem Korur Fincancı – Turkish Medical Association

11:00-12:30

What Happened in the World?

Moderator: Galma Akdeniz – Bilgi University
Charline Becker – Observatoire International des Prisons
Alessio Scandurra – Antigone
Maryia Kvitsinskaya – World Organisation Against Torture – OMCT

14:00-15.30

What Happened in Turkey?

Moderator: Ümit Efe – Human Rights Foundation of Turkey

Galma Akdeniz – Bilgi University

Rengin Ergül – Association of Lawyers for Freedom

Berivan Korkut – Civil Society in the Penal System Association

15:45-17:15

Gender, Prisons, and the Pandemic

Moderator: Mahmut Şeren – ÜniKuir

Meriç Doğan – Civil Society in the Penal System Association

Paula Harriott – Prison Reform Trust

Çiğdem Kozan – Association of Lawyers for Freedom

4 June 2023

13.30-15.30

Health in Prison and the Pandemic

Moderator: Jiyan Ay – Civil Society in the Penal System Association

Ümit Biçer – Human Rights Foundation of Turkey

Adriano Martufi – Leiden University

Ayşe Uğurlu – Turkish Medical Association

Naji Abbas – Physicians for Human Rights

15:45-17:00

Juvenile Prisoners and the Pandemic

Moderator: Cansu Şekerci – Civil Society in the Penal System Association

Göktan Koçyıldırım – UNICEF Türkiye

Cédric Foussard – Terre des hommes