Tag: torture definition
Waterboarding is severe torture: Research findings
In my previous post I reviewed the misconceptions that characterize the debate on torture renewed by the movie Zero Dark Thirty and presented some research evidence showing that waterboarding is one of the most physically and mentally distressing forms of torture. In this article I expand on the issue of waterboarding and review further evidence… Read More ›
Zero Dark Thirty: The unbearable lightness of the torture debate
The debate on whether torture works is once again revived, this time by Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming film Zero Dark Thirty. The responses to the film vary. Frank Bruni of the New York Times, summarizes the movie’s basic message as “no waterboarding, no Bin Ladin” and concludes that it does not “reflect many experts’ belief that torture… Read More ›
Drone strikes or mass torture? – A learning theory analysis
SUMMARY Much of the current debate about the morality and legality of drone warfare focuses on the number of civilian casualties with little attention to its mental health, socio-economic, cultural, and political consequences. A recent study in Pakistan by the Stanford Law School and New York University (NYU) School of Law suggests that such outcomes… Read More ›
Prevention of torture and rehabilitation of survivors – Review of the UN Committee against Torture Working Document on Article 14: Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
I have recently received a copy of a paper presented at the 12th European Conference on Traumatic Stress in Vienna in June 2011 by psychologist Nora Sveaas from the Department of Psychology of University of Oslo. Dr. Sveaas is also a member of the UN Committee against Torture (CAT). Her paper (entitled Gross human rights… Read More ›
