Feedback on the Panel Presentation: United Nations 48th Commission on the Status of Women

Click here to read feedback, journal of trip, and photos!

There were over 400 artifactual testimonies submitted to us. Placing all submissions on our website would fill our website space. The fairest option to persons who consented to share their work on our website is to place one piece of artifactual testimony from each person—one poem, letter, drawing, photograph, painting, or short story.

We hope all persons who contributed are especially proud of their courage to speak and to contribute to the work of educating the global civil society about ritual abuse-torture. The works listed below contributed to the recommendation that: “ritual abuse-torture be identified as an emerging human rights violation and as a newly recognized form of torture that is inflicted by ‘non-state actors’.” These efforts will validate persons who have survived and will lead the way to preventing children of the future from enduring the horrors of the human rights violations and torture perpetrators of ritual abuse-torture inflict.

It is with pride we present the following five categories of “Artifactual Testimonies: Voices of Courage!”

To view click any of the five categories listed below:

1. POEMS
2. PICTURES: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PHOTOS
3. STORIES AND LETTERS
4. IN MEMORY OF...
5. ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH

MEDIA COVERAGE FOR THE RITUAL ABUSE-TORTURE UN PRESENTATION

Nova Scotia Newspaper: Chronicle Herald


Quaker Newsletter


Commission on the Status of Women Newsletter

(In this newsletter, scroll down to read Many Faces of Torture)


Westport News


Press World.com


The News-Times


Church Presentation in Torrington, Connecticut

WELL-KNOWN RESEARCHER on ritual abuse-torture to speak in Torrington. Jeanne Sarson, R.N., MED from Nova Scotia, Canada, will be speaking on "Ritual Abuse-Torture as a Human Rights Violation" at the United Nations on March 8 as part of the 48th Commission on the Status of Women and she will be in Torrington on Sunday, March 7 at 1 p.m. speaking at Unity at the Foothills, 43 Daycoeton Place, Torrington. Ritual abuse-torture is a phrase used to describe victims, almost exclusively women and children, who are physically, sexually, mentally, emotionally and/or spiritually abused and tortured in small "family" groups. This type of abuse is often perpetrated in a ritual setting. Sarson has spent 11 years working with women who have broken away from these sadistic, pedophilic groups-usually at risk to their lives-and are seeking recovery to wholeness. Her talk will address the special needs of women and children who have experienced ritual abuse-torture, and what can be done to stop this human rights violation that is happening in all communities in America. The talk is free and open to the public. Seating is limited so reservations are encouraged. (Call 860-459-8477) Due to the graphic and disturbing subject matter, parental discretion is advised. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Rev. Bonny Gilbert Ashe at (860) 459-8477. Unity in the Foothills, which held its first Sunday service on Jan. 11, is a member of The Association of Unity Churches and affiliated with Unity School of Christianity. For more information, please visit www.UnityInTheFoothills.org.

RESOURCES RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Ritual abuse-torture is a violation of the person's human rights as stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture.

1. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

2. UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

3. UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment

4. Participation Request for RAT @ UN