UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Falanga torture (beatings on the foot soles) produces local chronic pain and severe walking difficulties. We have previously reported signs of neuropathic pain in the feet of falanga victims. The objective here was to clarify underlying pain mechanisms by quantifying sensory impairments in the feet of torture victims who had experienced both generalized torture and thos...

Abstract In legal discourse, ‘torture’ is a term used to describe the deliberate infliction of severe physical or mental pain and suffering upon person. One controversial aspect definition torture has been status perpetrator, whose acts are relevant for purposes under international law. This ambiguity came forefront in judgment United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court R v. Reeves Taylor, where ruled t...

since the semantic field of the term “torture” in the international law is taken into consideration, this research does not enter into the domain of the internal law; and approaches only the views of international law. by examining the international documents and jurisprudence of the courts, this hypothesis is studied that despite of the presence of the prevailing standard about the appreciatio...

Torture still is a serious problem in Turkey. There has been a very effective struggle against torture, particularly for effective documentation by health professionals. The Istanbul Protocol has been taken into consideration by the ministry of health, and procedural safeguards with standardized medicolegal documentation had been a part of daily medicolegal practice. However, measures taken on ...

BACKGROUND From 1986-9, the Kurdish population of Iraqi Kurdistan was subjected to an intense campaign of military action, and genocide by the central Iraq government. This campaign, referred to as the Anfal, included systematic attacks consisting of aerial bombings, mass deportation, imprisonment, torture, and chemical warfare. It has been estimated that around 200,000 Kurdish people disappear...

This multi-author volume arises from a report by the Working Group of the US National Institute of Mental Health on the mental health consequences of torture. The establishment of the Working Group was stimulated by representatives of South Africa who attended a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency research conference on the survivors of torture in April 1997. One of the psychological responses to ...

Introduction The Committee against Torture (CAT), is one of seven treaty bodies in the UN system. Table 1 gives an overview of the treaty bodies: when they entered into force, the number of experts and the number of State Parties to the Convention. A treaty body is “a committee of independent experts appointed to monitor the implementation by States Parties of the core international human right...