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Correction to: does multidisciplinary rehabilitation of tortured refugees represent ‘value-for-money’? A follow-up of a Danish case-study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a correction in the name of one of the authors.
Line Bager, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Carit Jacques Andersen, Shr-Jie Wang   +3 more
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New practice note prioritises survivors in the fight for justice

Torture
In May 2025, the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) published a practice note called ‘A Survivor-Centred Approach to Documentation for Criminal Accountability’.
Andrea Mølgaard
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State Torture: Interviewing Perpetrators, Discovering Facilitators, Theorizing Cross-Nationally — Proposing "Torture 101"

State Crime, 2012
This article's first theoretical proposition, that modern state torture systems contain four types of actors - perpetrators, facilitators, bureaucratic organizations, and bystanders - is followed by four additional propositions that link torture ...
Martha K. Huggins
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The Rights of Refugee Children and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Laws, 2019
Refugee children are identified as rights-bearers by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), but their rights are not uniformly honored in the policies and practices of contemporary states.
Jeanette A. Lawrence, Agnes E. Dodds, Ida Kaplan, Maria M. Tucci   +3 more
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Rehabilitation of torture survivors in five countries: common themes and challenges

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2010
Background Torture continues to be a global problem and there is a need for prevention and rehabilitation efforts. There is little available data on torture survivors from studies designed and conducted by health professionals in low income countries ...
Zuñiga Arely PA, Lavaire Eliomara, Hernandez Aurora D, Colin Liliana S, Perez Fernando, Low-Shang Carmen, Shabalala Gugu, Paulsen Nicole, Fredericks Miriam, El Dawla Aida S, Hamed Mona, Rahman Basma, Omar Mostafa H, Gjerding Sarah, Higson-Smith Craig, McColl Helen, Calidonio Lucia, Martinez Carmen L, Jamei Yasser, Awad Zeyad   +19 more
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Non-State Torture of Women: Reclaiming Their Human Right

Witness, 2022
Jeanne Sarson, Linda MacDonald
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An epigenome‐wide study of a needs‐based family intervention for offspring of trauma‐exposed mothers in Kosovo

Brain and Behavior
Introduction Maternal stress and trauma during pregnancy have been shown to influence cortisol levels and epigenetic patterns, including DNA methylation, in the offspring. This study aimed to determine whether a tailor‐made family intervention could help
Joanne Ryan, Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo, Sebahate Pacolli Krasniqi, Selvi Izeti Carkaxhiu, Peter Fransquet, Sara Helene Kaas‐Petersen, Dafina Arifaj Limani, Vjosa Devaja Xhemaili, Mimoza Salihu, Qendresa Prapashtica, Nebahate Zekaj, Vesa Turjaka, Shr‐Jie Wang, Feride Rushiti, Line Hjort   +14 more
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The Person of the Torturer: Secret Policemen in Fiction and Nonfiction [PDF]

, 2017
Rafe McGregor
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Mercy for money: Torture’s link to profit in Sri Lanka, a retrospective review

Torture, 2017
Background: The purpose of this retrospective study is to describe the pattern of bribe taking in exchange for release from torture, during and after the decades-long war in Sri Lanka.
Wendell Block, Block, Jessica Lee, Lee, Kera Vijayasingham   +2 more
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Building survivor activism: An organisational view

Torture, 2018
The purpose of this perspectives paper is to share how different models of survivor activism can be built in a clinical charity with a human rights ethos and to set out the value that has come from growing survivor activism organically, based on ...
Shameem Sadiq-Tang
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