Independent Forensic Expert Group

Drawing on expertise from across the globe, the IRCT, in partnership with Copenhagen University Department of Forensic Medicine, has established an expert group of independent forensic specialists.

The group will serve as a reference point, providing technical advice on specific issues as well as participating in missions to examine alleged torture survivors and draw up impartial medico-legal reports. Furthermore, the experts will advocate for the increased use of medical evidence and continue to build a body of knowledge on the subject of forensic documentation.

List of the group members:

Alempijevic, Djordje (see CV)

Associate professor, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Belgrade

Serbia

Beriashvili, Rusudan

Associate Professor of Forensic Medicine, Tblisi State Medical University,

Georgia

Beynon, Joe

Medical doctor,  Independent expert on visits to places of detention and the documentation of torture. Formerly Co-ordinator for Health in Detention, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva,

Switzerland

Deutsch, Ana

Co-founder and Clinical Director,  Program for Torture Victims, Los Angeles

USA

Duque, Maximo Alberto Piedrahita

Forensic Pathologist, former head of national forensic services in Colombia

Colombia

Duterte, Pierre (see CV)
Medical doctor and psychotherapist, private practice therapist/family counselor, 

Founder of Parcours d'Exil

van Es, Adriaan (see CV)

Coordinator, International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations

Netherlands

Fernando, Ravindra

Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Colombo
Sri Lanka

Fincanci, Sebnem Korur

Professor in forensic medicine, Istanbul University, member of IRCT council

Turkey

Hansen, Steen Holger (see CV)

Deputy Chief Pathologist
Denmark

Hardi, Lilla (see CV)

Psychiatrist, head of section on torture issues at WPA, director of Cordelia Foundation

Hungary

Hougen, Hans Petter (see CV)

Professor; Chief Forensic Pathologist

Denmark

Iacopino, Vincent (see CV)

Senior Medical Advisor, Physicians for Human Rights; Adjunct Professor of Medicine,

University of Minnesota Medical School

USA

Leth, Peter Mygind

Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist, Institute of Forensic Medicine

Denmark

Louahlia, Said

Quebec, Canada, Former Professor of Department of forensic Pathology, Morocco,

Founding member and past President of MAFS

Morocco

Mendonça, Maria Cristina (see CV)

Consultant Forensic Pathologist, Portuguese National Institute of Forensic Medicine.

Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Coimbra

Portugal

Modvig, Jens

Health Programme Manager, Clinical Associate Professor, Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims,

Former Secretary-General of IRCT

Morcillo Mendez, Maria-Dolores (see CV)

Forensic Medical Doctor, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences
Colombia

Noring, Ulla

Psychiatrist, Ministry of Justice

Denmark

Özkalipci, Önder (see CV)

Senior Forensic Advisor, IRCT 

Turkey/Denmark

Payne-James, Jason (see CV)
Consultant Forensic Physician,  Director Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd, Honorary Senior Lecturer

President of WPMO
UK

Peel, Michael
General Pracitioner - Clinical Lead for Central London Community Healthcare; Former senior medical examiner at Medical Foundation
UK

Pounder, Derrick
Forensic Pathology professor, University of Dundee
UK

Pross, Christian (see CV)
Center Survive, Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims, Berlin/Germany;

Professor of psychotrauma-tology at Charité University Medical Center, Berlin
Germany

Quiroga, Jose
Medical Director of the Program for Torture Survivors, Los Angeles;

Former assistant professor in the UCLA School of Public Health
Chile

Rasmussen, Ole Vedel (see CV)
Former member of CAT and CPT
Denmark

Reyes, Hernàn 

ICRC doctor working on detention issues since 1982; currently based in Beijing

Chile/Switzerland

Rich, Bente (see CV)
Child-and adolescent psychiatrist; 

Former chief psychiatrist at the Danish member Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT)
Denmark

Rogde, Sidsel (see CV)
Forensic Pathology Professor
Norway

Sajantila, Antti
Professor, Specialist in forensic medicine

Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki

Finland

Somasundaram, Daya (see CV)
Clinical Associate Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide
Sri Lanka

Thomsen, Jørgen Lange
Professor,  Institute of Forensic Medicine, Odense, Denmark
Denmark

Tidball-Binz, Morris (see CV)
Forensic coordinator, Assistance Division

International Committee of the Red Cross

Argentina/ Switzerland

Treue, Felicitas
Psychologist and psychotherapist;

General Coordinator, Colectivo Contra la Tortura y la Impunidad, Mexico
Germany

Vanezis, Peter
Forensic pathologist; Professor
UK

Vieira, Duarte Nuno (see CV)
Former President of IAFS, IALM, WPMO and ECLM;

Professor of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University of Coimbra; Head of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine of Portugal
Portugal

Video interviews

Watch short video interviews with Dr Hernan Reyes and Prof Duarte Nuno Vieira, two of the members of the IRCT Forensic Expert Group.

Dr. Hernan Reyes: Why is documentation of torture important? Watch this short video interview and learn about the importance of documenting torture and the challenges faced by forensic experts in the investigation and documentation of torture.

Prof Duarte Nuno Vieira: The role and challenges of a forensic expert. Watch this short video interview and learn about the role and challenges faced by forensic experts in the investigation and documentation of torture.