CVT_LogoINSCT faculty member and Syracuse University College of Law Professor of Practice David M. Crane is to be honored by the Center for Victims of Torture with a 2014 Eclipse Award at a June 25, 2014 ceremony at the Open Society Foundations in Washington, DC.

CVT gives the Eclipse Award each year to an individual or organization that has played a crucial role in either preventing torture or treating its survivors and to commemorate the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Curt Goering, CVT Executive Director, says his organization honors Crane this year for his work fighting impunity throughout the world, from his role as Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, to starting “Impunity Watch,” to launching the SU College of Law Syrian Accountability Project, to co-authoring the Chautauqua Blueprint, and more.

Past winners of the Eclipse Award include Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture; Dr. Elizabeth Lira, a clinical psychologist from Chile; Elisa Massimino, President and CEO of Human Rights First; and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL).

The CVT half-day event—“Fighting Impunity”—will bring together government officials, NGOs, academics, human rights and national security experts, survivors of torture, and journalists in a discussion of why meaningful accountability is vital to preventing torture and other violations of human rights.

Author: Impunity Watch Archive