Research Handbook on Torture

Edited by Sir Malcolm D. Evans, Principal, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK and Jens Modvig, Director, Health department, DIGNITY - Danish Institute against Torture, Denmark

• Contents:1.Addressing Torture: An IntroductionMalcolm Evans and Jens Modvig2.The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Evaluating Torture as an Interrogation MethodMichelle Farrell3.Effective Torture PreventionRichard Carver and Lisa Handley4.Fragility, States and TortureTobias Kelly, Steffen Jensen and Morten Koch Andersen5.An Overview of International ProtectionMoritz Birk and Manfred Nowak6.Torture and ill treatment: The United Nations Human Rights CommitteeChristof Heyns, Carmen Rueda and Daniel du Plessis7.The Committee Against Torture: Implementing the Prohibition against TortureFelice Gaer8.The Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Torture: Role, Contributions, and ImpactJuan E. Méndez and Andra Nicolescu 9.The Council of Europe and the European SystemChristine Bicknell10.The prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Inter-American Human Rights System: Systems, Methods and Recent TrendsDiego Rodríguez-Pinzón11.Ensuring Freedom from Torture under the African Human Rights SystemLawrence Murugu Mute12.The Prevention of TortureMalcolm D Evans13.International Law, Crime and TortureRobert Cryer14.The use of information obtained by torture or other ill-treatmentMatt Pollard15.Torture and Non RefoulementCarla Ferstman16.Universal and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for TortureLutz Oette17.Foreign State Immunities as a Barrier to Accessing RemediesLorna McGregor18.Torture and International Medical Ethics StandardsVivienne Nathanson19.Torture Methods and their Health ImpactJosé Quiroga and Jens Modvig20.Psychological TorturePau Pérez-Sales21.Medico-Legal Documentation of Torture and Ill TreatmentVincent Iacopino22.Rehabilitation in Article 14 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentNora Sveaass, Felice Gaer, and Claudio Grossman23.Psychological care for torture survivors, their families and communitiesNimisha Patel24.Treating pain after tortureKirstine Amris, Lester E Jones and Amanda Williams25.Perspectives: A Series of Reflections on the Current Realities of Torture and Ill-Treatment(A)Torture in the 21st Century: 3 stories, 3 lessonsYuval Ginbar(B)Torture TodayTom Porteous(C) Some Reflections on Torture PreventionBarbara BernathIndex

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