IRRC No. 867

Torture

13 articles

IRRC No. 867 Torture

13 articles

This issue deals with historical, legal, social, psychological and political questions relating to torture. It includes a discussion on the legal interpretations of the notion of torture, cruel or inhuman treatment and psychological torture, and analyses the context in which torture occurs and has occurred in the past. While looking at torture from the victims' and society's point of view, it also considers it from the perpetrator's perspective by trying to explain what brings a person to inflict torture. The issue further reflects the torture debate in the United States, particularly after the Abu Ghraib incident.

Table of contents

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Editorial: Torture

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Interview with Dr Abdel Hamid Afana

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"In truth the leitmotiv": the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in international humanitarian law

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Torture of terrorists? Use of torture in a "war against terrorism": justifications, methods and effects: the case of France in Algeria, 1954–1962

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Black letter abuse: the US legal response to torture since 9/11

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The worst scars are in the mind: psychological torture

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Civilization and torture: beyond the medical and psychiatric approach

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Physicians and torture: Lessons from Nazi doctors

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Jungle justice: passing sentence on the equality of belligerents in non-international armed conflict

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Transitional justice and the International Criminal Court – in "the interests of justice"?

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International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

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National implementation of international humanitarian law – Biannual update, January to June 2007

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Books and articles (Autumn 2007)