Monitoring Detention, Custody, Torture and Ill-treatment -

Monitoring Detention, Custody, Torture and Ill-treatment

A Practical Approach to Prevention and Documentation
Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4441-6732-0 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
This landmark publication by a prestigious global author team provides an international forensic, legal and professional framework for all those involved in monitoring detention conditions, as well as investigating and preventing torture or other cruel and inhuman degrading treatments or punishments.
This landmark practical guide assists all those involved in monitoring detention conditions and investigating and preventing torture. The prestigious global author team identify the medical, legal and professional frameworks and international instruments applicable to those detained, and highlight how torture or other cruel and inhuman degrading treatments or punishments are identified, investigated and should be prevented.

· A comprehensive and wide range of detention settings and circumstances are covered including police stations, prisons, mental health, and social care civil conditions to prisoner of war, detention camps, military, and armed conflict.

· Advice, monitoring, and assessment is given for special groups, including the custody of women, children, vulnerable adults, and individuals on hunger strike

· Practical guidelines are given for the assessment of ill-treatment of individuals in custody including sexual abuse

· Online links to the latest legal, ethical, and medical guidelines for key countries help to make this book appropriate for all.

Challenging, thought-provoking yet thoroughly practical, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in the monitoring of detention conditions and the treatment and investigation of individuals in any form of custody. The content is aimed primarily at healthcare professionals but it also highly relevant for anyone who may form part of a visiting team, including lay individuals, lawyers and law enforcement professionals, as well as for academics.

Dr Jason Payne-James LLM MSc FRCS FFFLM DFM, Consultant Forensic Physician; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry; Director, Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd, UK Dr Jonathan Beynon MB BS BSc MA, DTM&H, Independent consultant in the prevention of torture, monitoring conditions of detention and health in detention. Member of the Independent Medical Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe for advising on health in detention, UK Professor Duarte Nuno Vieira MD, MSc, PhD, Head of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine; Chief Forensic Pathologist, Portugal; Full Professor of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Sciences, Ethics & Medical Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Table of Contents






International legal framework on torture
Juan E. Méndez




The role and responsibilities of health professionals involved in the care of those in detention
Jørgen L. Thomsen




Standards applicable in the prevention of torture in places of detention
Jonathan Beynon




Healthcare for those in detention
Michael Levy




Psychological assessment and documentation of torture in detention
Nimisha Patel




Assessment of physical evidence of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment during visits to places of detention
Jason Payne-James, Jonathan Beynon and Duarte Nuno Vieira




Radiology in the documentation of torture and ill-treatment
Hermann Vogel




Management of hunger strikes in detention
Hernán Reyes




Legal aspects of detention in military detention
Kirsty Sutherland and Peter Glenser




Sexual assault in detention
Jason Payne-James




Children in detention
Peter Green




Investigation of ill-treatment during detention
Hernán Reyes




Investigation of deaths in custody
Marc Bollman, Morris Tidball-Binz, Bernice Elger and Patrice Mangin




The Istanbul Protocol: development, practical application and future directions
Vincent Iacopino




Dilemmas for healthcare professionals involved in the care of detainees
Máximo Alberto Duque Piedrahíta




Solitary confinement: current concerns and proposed protections

Sharon Shalev

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.9.2017
Zusatzinfo 15 Line drawings, color; 64 Halftones, color; 31 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 686 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 1-4441-6732-4 / 1444167324
ISBN-13 978-1-4441-6732-0 / 9781444167320
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