Torture and Its Definition In International Law

Torture and Its Definition In International Law

An Interdisciplinary Approach

Oxford University Press Inc

10/2017

576

Mole

Inglês

9780199374625

15 a 20 dias

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Preface Contributors Introduction Metin Ba,so&glu PART I: Behavioral Science Perspectives 1. A Theory- and Evidence- Based Approach to the Definition of Torture Metin Ba,so&glu 2. Control as a Defining Characteristic of Torture: A Learning Theory Analysis of the Kubark Interrogation Manual Hernan Reyes and Metin Basoglu 3. A Battle for Control: Resisting Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment at Guantanamo K. Alexa Koenig 4. An Evolutionary Approach to Humiliation and Shame Induced by Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Kaj Bjoerkqvist 5. Domestic Violence and Torture: A Theoretical and Empirical Comparison Ebru Salcioglu and Metin Basoglu 6. Contexts of Ill Treatment: The Relationship of Captivity and Prison Confinement to Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment and Torture Craig Haney and Shirin Bakhshay 7. The Meaning of Psychological Trauma Richard J. Mcnally PART II: International Law Perspectives 8. Evolving Standards for Torture in International Law Juan E. Mendez and Andra Nicolescu 9. The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: The absolute Prohibition and the Obligation to Prevent Nora Sveaass 10. Making Human Rights Sense of the Torture Definition Yuval Ginbar 11. The Gendered Dimensions of Torture: Rape and Other Forms of Gender- Based Violence as Torture Under International Law Lisa Davis PART III: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques": Definitional Issues 12. The Cumulative Effect: A Medicolegal Approach to US Torture Law and Policy Eric Stover, K. Alexa Koenig, and Laurel E. Fletcher 13. Definition of Torture in US Law: Does It Provide Legal Cover for "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"? Metin Basoglu 14. Powerlessness as a Defining Characteristic of Torture: Comments on Basoglu's "Definition of Torture in US Law" Manfred Nowak 15. From Complicity to Impunity: Medical Participation and the Definition of Torture at the Central Intelligence Agency Leonard S. Rubenstein PART IV: Discussion and Conclusions 16. Discussion and Conclusions Metin Basoglu