Looking back at experiences from 30 years with documentation and prevention of torture
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https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v32i1-2.130847Keywords:
Torture, documentation, prevention, Spain, public opinion, Kashmir, Zimbabwe, medical complicity, bribery, United Nations, SecurityAbstract
Contribution to the 30th Anniversary of the Torture Journal by Dr. Hans Draminsky Petersen. The author describes his more than 30-years’ of experience in conducting monitoring visits to detention centres in different countries with an analytical perspective on the elements that perpetuate torture.
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