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Tortured Silence and Silenced Torture in Mario Benedetti's Pedro y el capitán, Ariel Dorfman's La muerte y la doncella and Eduardo Pavlovsky's Paso de dos [PDF]
, 2008 This essay examines the characterization of torturer and victim in three plays about state terrorism and torture in the Southern Cone. Given the inherent complexities involved in the practice and representation of torture, I argue that the portrayal of a
Gates-Madsen, Nancy J.
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The Syrian regime’s apparatus for systemic torture: A qualitative narrative study of testimonies from survivors [PDF]
, 2022 Niveen Rizkalla +5 more
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although social psychological research on how people understand collective victimization often examines comparisons between groups’ suffering, studies on related concepts (e.g., collective trauma) suggest numerous other relevant beliefs. The present article aimed to integrate diverse collective victimization beliefs and contribute to their ...
Johanna Ray Vollhardt +5 more
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The mental health of Syrian refugee children and adolescents
Forced Migration Review, 2014 Mental health services can be key to restoring basic psychological functioning and to supporting resilience and positive coping strategies for children, adolescents and adults.
Leah James +3 more
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Torture, 2021 Background: Fear is a central dimension of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (hereafter ‘other ill-treatment’), particularly as a part of verbal or non-verbal threats.
Ergün Cakal
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The Policy Context of Torture: A Social-Psychological Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Acts of torture are conceptualized as crimes of obedience, which are inevitably linked to crimes at higher levels of the hierarchy, where orders are issued, policy is formulated, and the atmosphere conducive to acts of torture is created.
Kelman, Herbert Chanoch
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
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Proving torture: demanding the impossible
Forced Migration Review, 2017 New research demonstrates that errors by Home Office asylum caseworkers in their handling of expert medical evidence of torture can make it almost impossible for survivors of torture seeking asylum in the UK to prove that they were tortured.
Lucy Gregg, Jo Pettitt
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BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background The recent surge of asylum seekers in the European Union (EU) is raising questions about the EU’s ability to integrate newcomers into the economy and into society; particularly those who need specialized services for the treatment of severe ...
Line Bager +3 more
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Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act [PDF]
, 2019 This Article is a contribution to the torture debate. It argues that the abusive interrogation tactics used by the United States in what was then called the “global war on terrorism” are, unequivocally, torture under U.S. law. To some readers, this might
Luban, David, Newell, Katherine S.
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