This Side of Silence : Human Rights, Torture, and the Recognition of Cruelty /

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"We are accustomed to thinking of torture as the needless infliction of cruelty by public officials, and we assume that lawyers and clinicians are best placed to speak about its causes and effects. However, it has not always been so. The category of torture is a very specific way of thinking ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelly, Tobias
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, Ã2012.
Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subjects:
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain.
Political prisoners > Abuse of > Great Britain.
Political prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Suffering > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Human rights > Great Britain.
Prisonniers politiques > Violence envers > Grande-Bretagne.
Souffrance > Aspect politique > Grande-Bretagne.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Human rights
Political prisoners > Abuse of
Political prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Talking about torture after the human rights revolution
  • The legal recognition of torture survivors
  • Clinical evidence about torture
  • Predicting the future risk of torture
  • Prosecuting torture
  • The shame of torture
  • Conclusion.

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