1st Edition

Monitoring Detention, Custody, Torture and Ill-treatment A Practical Approach to Prevention and Documentation

Edited By Jason Payne-James, Jonathan Beynon, Duarte Vieira Copyright 2017
320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

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,... Read more

International Legal Framework on Torture by Juan E. Méndez

The Role and Responsibilities of Health Professionals Involved in the Care of Those in Detention by Jørgen L. Thomsen

Standards Applicable in the Prevention of Torture in Places of Detention by Jonathan Beynon

Healthcare for Those in Detention by Michael Levy

Psychological Assessment and Documentation of Torture in Detention by Nimisha Patel

Assessment of Physical Evidence of Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment during Visits to Places of Detention by Jason Payne-James, Jonathan Beynon, and Duarte Nuno Vieira.

Radiology in the Documentation of Torture and Ill-treatment by H. Vogel

Management of Hunger Strikes in Detention by Hernán Reyes

Legal Aspects of Detention in Military Detention by Peter Glenser & Kirsty Sutherland

Sexual Assault in Detention by Jason Payne-James

Children in Detention by Peter Green

Investigation of Ill Treatment During Detention by Hernán Reyes

Investigation of Deaths in Custody by M. Bollmann, M. Tidball-Binz, B. Elger and P. Mangin

The Istanbul Protocol: Development, Practical Applications and Future Directions by Vincent Iacopino

Dilemmas for Healthcare Professionals Involved in the Care of Detainees by Máximo Alberto Duque Piedrahíta

Solitary confinement: Current concerns and Proposed Protections by Sharon Shalev & Jonathan Beynon

Biography

Dr Jason Payne-James LLM MSc FRCS FFFLM DFM, Consultant Forensic Physician; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry; Director, Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd, UK

Dr Jonathan Beynon MB BS BSc MA, DTM&H, Independent consultant in the prevention of torture, monitoring conditions of detention and health in detention. Member of the Independent Medical Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe for advising on health in detention, UK

Professor Duarte Nuno Vieira MD, MSc, PhD, Head of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine; Chief Forensic Pathologist, Portugal; Full Professor of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Sciences, Ethics & Medical Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal