Jordi addresses Annual Conference of the African Society of Forensic Medicine
- Wits University
Prof. Peter Jordi of the WITS LAW CLINIC presented the keynote address at the 12th Annual Conference of the African Society of Forensic Medicine.
Prof. Peter Jordi's address tackled Human Rights and Torture from a lawyer's perspective. He spoke of his experience as a plaintiff’s attorney litigating against the Minister of Police for damages as a result of police misconduct involving torture; wrongful arrest and detention.
Jordi is a Practising Attorney and runs the Criminal Law and Delict Unit at the WITS LAW CLINIC. He has over 30 years of experience in these matters and has settled millions of rand in damages on behalf of his clients. His address dealt with the principle mechanisms of torture favoured by the police, such as suffocation; electric shock and blunt force trauma. He advised the forensic pathologists at the conference of common errors made by doctors when examining victims of torture. He said that better medical reports increase the chances of plaintiffs succeeding in their damages claims.
Jordi also chaired several sessions at the conference.
The 12th Annual Conference of the African Society of Forensic Medicine (ASFM) was held between 10 - 13 March 2025 at the CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.