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 Introduction
Malcolm Evans and Jens Modvig

2.The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Evaluating Torture as an Interrogation Method
Michelle Farrell

3.Effective Torture Prevention
Richard Carver and Lisa Handley

4.Fragility, States and Torture
Tobias Kelly, Steffen Jensen and Morten Koch Andersen

5.An Overview of International Protection
Moritz Birk and Manfred Nowak

6.Torture and ill treatment: The United Nations Human Rights Committee
Christof Heyns, Carmen Rueda and Daniel du Plessis

7.The Committee Against Torture: Implementing the Prohibition against Torture
Felice Gaer

8.The Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Torture: Role, Contributions, and Impact
Juan E. Méndez and Andra Nicolescu

9.The Council of Europe and the European System
Christine Bicknell

10.The prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Inter-American Human Rights System: Systems, Methods and Recent Trends
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

11.Ensuring Freedom from Torture under the African Human Rights System
Lawrence Murugu Mute

12.The Prevention of Torture
Malcolm D Evans

13.International Law, Crime and Torture
Robert Cryer

14.The use of information obtained by torture or other ill-treatment
Matt Pollard

15.Torture and Non Refoulement
Carla Ferstman

16.Universal and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Torture
Lutz Oette

17.Foreign State Immunities as a Barrier to Accessing Remedies
Lorna McGregor

18.Torture and International Medical Ethics Standards
Vivienne Nathanson

19.Torture Methods and their Health Impact
José Quiroga and Jens Modvig

20.Psychological Torture
Pau Pérez-Sales

21.Medico-Legal Documentation of Torture and Ill Treatment
Vincent Iacopino

22.Rehabilitation in Article 14 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Nora Sveaass, Felice Gaer, and Claudio Grossman

23.Psychological care for torture survivors, their families and communities
Nimisha Patel

24.Treating pain after torture
Kirstine Amris, Lester E Jones and Amanda Williams

25.Perspectives: A Series of Reflections on the Current Realities of Torture and Ill-Treatment

(A)Torture in the 21st Century: 3 stories, 3 lessons
Yuval Ginbar
(B)Torture Today
Tom Porteous
(C) Some Reflections on Torture Prevention
Barbara Bernath

Index