Torture and Its Definition In International Law An Interdisciplinary Approach

by Basoglu, Metin

• ISBN13: 9780199374625
• ISBN10: 0199374627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-09-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Metin Basoglu

PART I: Behavioral Science Perspectives
1. A Theory- and Evidence- Based Approach to the Definition of Torture
Metin Basoglu
2. Control as a Defining Characteristic of Torture: A Learning Theory Analysis of the Kubark Interrogation Manual
Hernán Reyes and Metin Basoglu
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 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. 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
Part I: What Is Right With the Torture Definition?
Part II: Distinguishing Torture From Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Part III: The Lived Realities of Torture
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 Lawand 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