Torture: An Expert’s Confrontation with an Everyday Evil, by Manfred Nowak

Authors

  • Hans Draminsky Petersen Former member and vice-chair of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.111379

Keywords:

Torture, ill-treatment, Special Rapporteur on Torture

Abstract

Manfred Nowak, the author of this book, is an expert with outstanding experience in the fight against torture. Among many international commitments, he was the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) for six years from 2004 and the book is predominately based on this experience. Nowak aims to make the unfathomable more comprehensible and to clarify the causes and dynamics of the routine nature of torture; to enhance empathy for the forgotten detainees; and to point to ways of preventing torture. Putting existing knowledge into practice will, however, only work if enough people become outraged and place moral and political pressure on authorities to end torture. This book review reflects upon this important contribution. 

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Published

2019-05-22

How to Cite

Petersen, H. D. (2019). Torture: An Expert’s Confrontation with an Everyday Evil, by Manfred Nowak. Torture Journal, 29(1), 133–135. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.111379

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2019): Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture

Section

Book and media reviews

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