This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by a group of prominent scholars of behavioral sciences, international law, human rights, and public health. It represents a first ever attempt to compare behavioral science and international law perspectives on definitional issues and promote a sound theory- and evidence-based understanding of torture.
This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by a group of prominent scholars of behavioral sciences, international law, human rights, and public health. It represents a first ever attempt to compare behavioral science and international law perspectives on definitional issues and promote a sound theory- and evidence-based understanding of torture.
Metin Bäo¿lu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, is founder and currently co-Director of the Istanbul Center for Behavior Research and Therapy (DABATEM) in Turkey. He has conducted extensive research on war, torture, and earthquake trauma and treatment of survivors. He is internationally recognized as one of the most prominent authorities in his field.
Inhaltsangabe
* PART I: Behavioral Science Perspectives * 1. A Theory- and Evidence-Based Approach to the Definition of Torture * Metin Bäo lu * 2. Control as a Defining Characteristic of Torture: A Learning Theory Analysis of the Kubark Interrogation Manual * Hernán Reyes and Metin Bäo lu * 3. A Battle for Control: Resisting Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment at Guantánamo * K. Alexa Koenig * 4. An Evolutionary Approach to Humiliation and Shame Induced by Inhuman and Degrading Treatment * Kaj Björkqvist * 5. Domestic Violence and Torture: A Theoretical and Empirical Comparison * Ebru Salcioglu and Metin Bäo lu * 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. Méndez 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 Basoglus 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 Bäo lu
* PART I: Behavioral Science Perspectives * 1. A Theory- and Evidence-Based Approach to the Definition of Torture * Metin Bäo lu * 2. Control as a Defining Characteristic of Torture: A Learning Theory Analysis of the Kubark Interrogation Manual * Hernán Reyes and Metin Bäo lu * 3. A Battle for Control: Resisting Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment at Guantánamo * K. Alexa Koenig * 4. An Evolutionary Approach to Humiliation and Shame Induced by Inhuman and Degrading Treatment * Kaj Björkqvist * 5. Domestic Violence and Torture: A Theoretical and Empirical Comparison * Ebru Salcioglu and Metin Bäo lu * 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. Méndez 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 Basoglus 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 Bäo lu
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