Full Description
This landmark practical guide assists all those involved in monitoring detention conditions and investigating and preventing torture. The prestigious global author team identify the medical, legal and professional frameworks and international instruments applicable to those detained, and highlight how torture or other cruel and inhuman degrading treatments or punishments are identified, investigated and should be prevented.
· A comprehensive and wide range of detention settings and circumstances are covered including police stations, prisons, mental health, and social care civil conditions to prisoner of war, detention camps, military, and armed conflict.
· Advice, monitoring, and assessment is given for special groups, including the custody of women, children, vulnerable adults, and individuals on hunger strike
· Practical guidelines are given for the assessment of ill-treatment of individuals in custody including sexual abuse
· Online links to the latest legal, ethical, and medical guidelines for key countries help to make this book appropriate for all.
Challenging, thought-provoking yet thoroughly practical, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in the monitoring of detention conditions and the treatment and investigation of individuals in any form of custody. The content is aimed primarily at healthcare professionals but it also highly relevant for anyone who may form part of a visiting team, including lay individuals, lawyers and law enforcement professionals, as well as for academics.
Contents
Table of Contents
International legal framework on torture
Juan E. Méndez
The role and responsibilities of health professionals involved in the care of those in detention
Jørgen L. Thomsen
Standards applicable in the prevention of torture in places of detention
Jonathan Beynon
Healthcare for those in detention
Michael Levy
Psychological assessment and documentation of torture in detention
Nimisha Patel
Assessment of physical evidence of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment during visits to places of detention
Jason Payne-James, Jonathan Beynon and Duarte Nuno Vieira
Radiology in the documentation of torture and ill-treatment
Hermann Vogel
Management of hunger strikes in detention
Hernán Reyes
Legal aspects of detention in military detention
Kirsty Sutherland and Peter Glenser
Sexual assault in detention
Jason Payne-James
Children in detention
Peter Green
Investigation of ill-treatment during detention
Hernán Reyes
Investigation of deaths in custody
Marc Bollman, Morris Tidball-Binz, Bernice Elger and Patrice Mangin
The Istanbul Protocol: development, practical application and future directions
Vincent Iacopino
Dilemmas for healthcare professionals involved in the care of detainees
Máximo Alberto Duque Piedrahíta
Solitary confinement: current concerns and proposed protections
Sharon Shalev
