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Informationen zum Autor Manfred Nowak is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Vienna, Secretary General of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization in Venice and Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights in Vienna. He was United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture from 2004 to 2010 and held various UN mandates relating to enforced disappearances between 1993 and 2006. In 2016, he was appointed UN Independent Expert leading the United Nations Global Study on Children deprived of Liberty. He is author of numerous books in the field of human rights, including Human Rights or Global Capitalism, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Klappentext In Torture , former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak recounts his experience visiting countries, reviewing documents, collecting evidence, and conducting interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of torture. His story offers vital insights for human-rights scholars and professionals. Zusammenfassung In Torture! former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak recounts his experience visiting countries! reviewing documents! collecting evidence! and conducting interviews with perpetrators! witnesses! and victims of torture. His story offers vital insights for human-rights scholars and professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I. THE PHENOMENON OF TORTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Chapter 1. The Incomprehensibility of Torture Chapter 2. The Role of a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Chapter 3. Independent Investigation of Torture: Methods Chapter 4. States' Methods to Impede Objective Investigations Chapter 5. Are Fact-Finding Missions Dangerous? Chapter 6. Understanding Torture and Ill Treatment Chapter 7. Inhuman Detention Conditions: Worse than Torture? Chapter 8. Is Corporal Punishment Torture? Chapter 9. Is Capital Punishment Torture? Chapter 10. Are Domestic Violence or Female Genital Mutilation Torture? Chapter 11. Torture in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 12. Why Torture? Chapter 13. Is There Ever a Justification for Torture? Chapter 14. George Bush's War on Terror Chapter 15. Torture and Enforced Disappearance PART II. TORTURE IN INDIVIDUAL STATES Chapter 16. Georgia: Plea Bargaining as a Substitute for Torture? Chapter 17. Mongolia: Death Penalty as a State Secret Chapter 18. Nepal: "A Little Bit of Torture Helps" Chapter 19. China: Rehabilitation, Reeducation, or Brainwashing? Chapter 20. Jordan: General Intelligence as a Cradle of Torture Chapter 21. Austria: The Case of Bakary Jassey Chapter 22. Paraguay: Excellent Follow-Up Chapter 23. Nigeria: Notorious Torture Chamber in Lagos Chapter 24. Togo: Successfully Releasing Detainees Chapter 25. Sri Lanka: Perfect PR Strategy Chapter 26. Indonesia: Three "Smoking Guns" Chapter 27. Denmark and Greenland: The Principle of Normalization Chapter 28. Moldova: Torture in the Form of Trafficking in Women Chapter 29. Equatorial Guinea: Systematic Torture as Government Policy Chapter 30. Uruguay: Full Cooperation Despite Appalling Detention Conditions Chapter 31. Kazakhstan: Potemkin Villages Chapter 32. Jamaica: Structural Violence Instead of Torture Chapter 33. Papua New Guinea: Traditional Structures Coexist with Globalization Chapter 34. Greece: The Joint Asylum and Migration Policy of the European Union, Put to the Test Conclusions Index Acknowledgments ...
