Research handbook on torture : legal and medical perspectives on prohibition and prevention /: legal and medical perspectives on prohibition and prevention. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Malcolm D. Evans, Jens Modvig.
• Editors: Evans, Malcolm D; Modvig, Jens
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editors' preface -- 1. Addressing torture: an introduction -- 2. The ticking bomb scenario: evaluating torture as an interrogation method -- 3. Effective torture prevention -- 4. Fragility, states and torture -- 5. An overview of international protection -- 6. Torture and ill treatment: the United Nations Human Rights Committee -- 7. The Committee Against Torture: implementing the prohibition against torture -- 8. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on torture: role, contributions, and impact 9. The Council of Europe and the European system -- 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 -- 11. Ensuring freedom from torture under the African Human Rights System -- 12. The prevention of torture -- 13. International law, crime and torture -- 14. The use of information obtained by torture or other ill-treatment -- 15. Torture and non-refoulement -- 16. Universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction for torture 17. Foreign state immunities as a barrier to accessing remedies -- 18. Torture and international medical ethics standards -- 19. Torture methods and their health impact -- 20. Psychological torture -- 21. Medico-legal documentation of torture and ill treatment -- 22. Rehabilitation in Article 14 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 23. Psychological care for torture survivors, their families and communities -- 24. Treating pain after torture -- 25. Torture in the 21st century: three stories, three lessons -- 26. Torture today 27. Some reflections on torture prevention -- Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.4/8; Torture -- Law and legislation; Torture -- Law and legislation; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788113969; 9781788113960
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2021).
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