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Showing 1 to 20 of 155 for “"Torture"”.
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Torture and coercive interrogation: A critical discussion
This thesis aims to explore why torture, deemed illegitimate by the Western world for more than a century, has resurfaced as a topic of debate, and persists despite its formal prohibition. It also endeavours to shed light on the main issues involved in the ‘torture debate’. To do so, it begins by …
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Factor Structure of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Torture Survivors
… & Silove, 2004). Participants were international torture survivors who sought psychological treatment from a torture rehabilitation center in the United States. It was hypothesized that the factor structure of posttraumatic stress reactions among this heterogeneous sample of torture survivors …
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Safeguarding the right to freedom from torture in Cameroon
… saw the need to completely eradicate the use of torture and, as a result, adopted the 1984 Convention against Torture. The Convention obliges states to take effective legislative, judicial, and administrative and any other measures necessary to prevent acts of torture and other forms of …
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Safeguarding the right to freedom from torture in Cameroon
… saw the need to completely eradicate the use of torture and, as a result, adopted the 1984 Convention against Torture. The Convention obliges states to take effective legislative, judicial, and administrative and any other measures necessary to prevent acts of torture and other forms of …
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State-sanctioned torture in Uzbekistan and beyond : a legal analysis
… awareness of the existence of state-sanctioned torture that is being committed in Uzbekistan. In the early chapters, the definitions, meanings and understanding of what torture is and represents in a contemporary society are investigated, whilst the historical origins, uses and justifications …
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Patriarchal theory reconsidered: torture and gender based violence in Turkey
Gender theory in general, and patriarchal theory in particular, have been explored in this research to describe the procedures, processes, norms, values and, most importantly, structures that define the subject. Patriarchal theory mostly perceives men as the abusers and women as the abused. …
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The potential of epigenetic methods to provide evidence of torture
… a transition from brutal forms of physi- cal torture to other physical and psychological methods that do not leave marks on the body. Providing evidence of these types of torture is often a challenge. Finding biological markers of torture would potentially contribute to solve this …
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The implementation of the universal jurisdiction over torture in European countries
… an evaluation of universal jurisdiction over torture offenses. By doing so, it focuses on European states, in particular Belgium, France and the United Kingdom, all of which show a particular openness to prosecute torture offences on the basis of universal jurisdiction. It is demonstrated that …
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A psychological sense of community as experienced among immigrant survivors of torture
Survivors of torture do not merely overcome the challenges posed by torture in order to develop a psychological sense of community among each other. Participants in this study used the understanding of torture and the unequivocal condemnation of it as a boundary within which they could develop …
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Lady Mary Wroth's Pamphilia to Amphilanthus : private space, public performance and torture
… the power of the court through the figure of torture, in spite of Wroth's attempt to create a textual space removed from courtly influence. It also includes a discussion of Wroth's attempt to appease the actual crown in the Crowne of Sonnets and her inability to sustain this renewed vision of …
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Control, Detention and Torture in the So-called Global War on Terror
… into experiences of control, detention and torture generated by relationships of trust with former detainees; unique access to secure and hard to reach detention sites and representation of significant global locations; the collaboration of world-leading experts in human rights law and …
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Rape as Torture: Is South Africa in Breach of its International Obligations?
… argue that the crime of rape is akin to that of torture. The issue of rape is one that is experienced around the world; however, South Africa is one of the highest countries affected. This paper argues that South Africa is in contravention of its international obligations under the United Nations …
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An assessment of South Africa's obligations under the United Nations Convention against torture
… South Africa's legal position pertaining to torture, in relation to the international legal framework. Since it has been established that torture and cruel inhuman and degrading treatment (CIDT) usually occur in situations where persons are deprived of personal liberty, I examine legislation, …
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Poachers Torture and Human Rights in Tanzania: a Case Study of Namtumbo District
… intended to address the problem of Poachers Torture, ordinary citizens have been very suspicious on the effectiveness of the fact that despise of existence of prohibition the rate of torturing in its various forms is increasing. This thesis sets out to evaluate and review the applications and …
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Torture, text and the reformulation of spiritual identity in old English religious verse
… discussion of various understandings of what torture is, and a statement of the definition of torture adopted for the purposes of this study. Torture, as it is examined in this study, is not so much an act of violence as it is a violent process; that is, torture is a means, not an end in …
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