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Blog: Bringing the law home: Domesticating the Convention Against Torture

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Posted July 22nd, 2010 by mjs07j

Compliance with international human rights treaties is notoriously unreliable when it comes to the states parties that have signed on to them. The UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) is one such treaty.

Training Law Enforcement Featured Resource Practitioners

New Tactics is very pleased to introduce you to the Training Law Enforcement for Prevention of Ill-Treatment and Torture featured resource practitioners!  If you would like to

Blog: Twitter (Microblogging)

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Posted July 9th, 2009 by Tortureinegypt.net

I'm sure  people nowadays know a lot about microblogging, I mean after the mass protests in Iran. Twitter, Watwet , Jaiku or any of their brothers are quit useful.

After using twitter for a year or more, I find it helpful to give some tips:

Blog: Games in a Campagin

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Posted July 7th, 2009 by Tortureinegypt.net

How many person will be interested in playing an internet game?!....

Answering this question, shows you how effective a GAME could be in spreading a message, even more than a text blog entry.

Mobilizing public resources for victims of human rights violations

The ICAR Foundation in Romania mobilized public resources for the victims of human rights violations in order to get the State to take full responsibility for its actions by acknowledging and treating former political prisoners justly and humanely.

Performing independent postmortem examinations to document cases of torture

The Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) was established in 1995, after the Kenya Medical Association issued a press statement asserting that no torture took place in Kenya.  The IMLU is a network of independent doctors and lawyers who challenge official reports of deaths in custody by performing postmortem examinations to document suspected cases torture and providing medical and legal aid to prisoners and survivors of torture.  Clients who want a postmortem on family members first complete a Post-Mortem Request Form and, because of IMLU’s network throughout the country, doctors who live nearest to the victim quickly administer postmortems.  Results are carefully documented according to medical and legal guidelines.  IMLU encourages clients to seek legal redress when evidence of torture is discovered.  For clients who cannot afford a lawyer, IMLU refers them to a network of lawyers and NGOs providing pro bono legal services.  Their goal is to pursue public interest cases that will set a precedent against the use of torture and send a message to perpetrators of torture.

Training local NGOs to help them build stronger relationships with the individuals they are trying to help

The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) trains local NGOs in counseling skills and awareness of the impact of torture so that they can develop better relationships based on trust, compassion, and caring with victims of torture.

Training Paraprofessionals to work with torture survivors

CVTThe Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) trains peer counselors to provide mental health services to refugees in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Recent conflicts in those countries produced massive displacement of people in the region.

Article 2: Approaching Truth: Behavioral Science Lessons on Educing Information from Human sources

Article 2: Approaching Truth: Behavioral Science Lessons on Educing Information from Human sources 

Educing Information Summary Report Main Page

EDUCING INFORMATION:
INTERROGATION: SCIENCE AND ART
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Intelligence Science Board Phase 1 Report
National Defense Intelligence College
Washington D.C.
December 2006