A precarious gap in U.S. criminal codes for cases of child torture and suggested model statute
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.10.046
Abstract: Child torture includes a combination of two or more cruel inhuman degrading treatments for long periods of time, such as: intentionally starving the child, forcing the child to sit in urine or feces, binding or… read more here.
Keywords: criminal codes; torture; precarious gap; codes cases ... See more keywords
Assessing the level of credibility of allegations of physical torture.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.05.043
Abstract: BACKGROUND No means exists to classify the overall credibility of physical torture allegations, which relies on qualitative forensic medical criteria. OBJECTIVES To develop procedures for processing physical data from torture allegations in order to achieve… read more here.
Keywords: credibility; physical aspects; torture allegations; physical torture ... See more keywords
Regime of torture: Guantánamo Bay’s ongoing detention and prosecutions of the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation prisoners
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DOI: 10.1017/s0260210524000378
Abstract: Abstract Under the Convention against Torture, if states know of torture having taken place, they have obligations to provide redress and rehabilitation for victims and pursue prosecution of those responsible. Despite this, the United States… read more here.
Keywords: detention; cia torture; torture guant; guant namo ... See more keywords
Does Torture Work? By John W. Schiemann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. 336p. $36.95 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717004145
Abstract: At a time of renewed debate in the United States over the merits of using coercive interrogation techniques by intelligence services and law enforcement, John Schiemann’s book is an important reminder of the inherent limits… read more here.
Keywords: schiemann; oxford; program; model ... See more keywords
Response to Geoffrey P. R. Wallace’s review of Does Torture Work?
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717004157
Abstract: At a time of renewed debate in the United States over the merits of using coercive interrogation techniques by intelligence services and law enforcement, John Schiemann’s book is an important reminder of the inherent limits… read more here.
Keywords: schiemann; work; program; model ... See more keywords
Torture’s Bureaucracy and the “Legitimacy Effect”
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592724001105
Abstract: This article tells the story of one small department in the Israeli Ministry of Justice: “The Inspector for Complaints Against General Security Service (GSS) Interrogators” (in Hebrew: Mavtan). Tasked with examining complaints of torture in… read more here.
Keywords: legitimacy; torture; torture bureaucracy; legitimacy effect ... See more keywords
Forced solar gazing—a common technique of torture?
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DOI: 10.1038/s41433-019-0742-2
Abstract: Background Forced solar gazing (FSG) appears to be more regularly employed as a method of torture in certain parts of the world than has previously been documented. Subjects and methods This study is a retrospective… read more here.
Keywords: forced solar; solar gazing; case set; gazing common ... See more keywords
Dutch tolerance of torture? CIA extraordinary rendition flights in the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2017.84
Abstract: This article explores the (passive) role of the Dutch government in the CIA extraordinary rendition flights (ERFs), also known as “torture flights”. It shows why researching ERFs, as a crime of the powerful, is inherently… read more here.
Keywords: extraordinary rendition; rendition flights; torture; cia extraordinary ... See more keywords
Methods for researching interrogation and torture
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2017.1314607
Abstract: Methods for improving knowledge and understanding of the distressing subject of interrogation techniques that might be described as torture deserve to be discussed. A review of the book Interrogation, Intelligence and Security was published in… read more here.
Keywords: techniques might; interrogation techniques; came used; interrogation ... See more keywords
General practitioners’ knowledge and practice in consultations with (potential) torture victims: a qualitative pilot study from Norway
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DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2024.2404054
Abstract: Abstract Background According to the UN Committee Against Torture, all state parties to the Torture Convention have a responsibility to meet the rehabilitation needs of torture victims who have sought asylum within their borders. General… read more here.
Keywords: general practitioners; pilot study; torture; torture victims ... See more keywords
The Limits of Bonhoefferian Responsibility: On Jean Bethke Elshtain's (Mis)Use of Bonhoeffer
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DOI: 10.1080/1462317x.2019.1565376
Abstract: ABSTRACT Jean Elshtain claims that her defense of torture draws from the Christian tradition. To defend this claim, she makes direct appeal to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Her defense of torture has taken on greater political significance… read more here.
Keywords: bonhoeffer; torture; limits bonhoefferian; responsibility jean ... See more keywords