Lucinda O'Hanlon

Violence Against Women Programme, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

Bio

Lucinda O'Hanlon is a human rights lawyer from the United States. She is program officer for the Violence Against Women Programme, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), where she has worked since 2002. She researches, writes appeals, and produces reports on violence against women for UN treaty-monitoring bodies.

Featured Work

NOV 5, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 10 (Fall 2003): Violence Against Women: Articles: Expanding the Definition of Torture

It is high time, Carin Benninger-Budel and Lucinda O'Hanlon argue, for the UN Committee against Torture to address violence against women in its work.