A new issue of the Torture Journal came out today. This issue includes several human rights practitioners and academics writing about access to justice and reparations for torture survivors. The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) wrote:

"In one of the articles, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, and his assistant Elizabeth McArthur contribute to a clarification of the distinction between torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, which has become extremely relevant in the context of counter-terrorism measures in which a number of scholars have attempted to narrow the definition of torture. "

All of the articles can be downloaded on the IRCT publications site.

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