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Torture and terror post-9/11: The role of social work in responding to torture:
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The authors argue that social work response to challenging pro-torture rhetoric has been limited at best, and to effectively address the problem there must be an international response if social work is to adhere to its obligations under the IFSW Code of Ethics, and fulfil its role as a human rights profession.Abstract:
Whilst terrorism is not a new global phenomenon, the fallout from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US remain extensive and far reaching, including the sanctioning of harsher security measures and the denigration of human rights and civil liberties. Of particular concern is the move towards torture being an accepted practice for those deemed ‘terror suspects’ or captured ‘enemy’ combatants in countries where the so called ‘war on terror’ is still being played out. This article argues that the social work response, particularly in relation to challenging pro-torture rhetoric, has been limited at best, and to effectively address the problem there must be an international response if social work is to adhere to its obligations under the IFSW Code of Ethics, and fulfil its role as a human rights profession.read more
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The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World.
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Book Review: Just Practice: A Social Justice Approach to Social Work:
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Exploring the history of social work as a human rights profession
TL;DR: The IFSW has declared that social work is a human rights profession as mentioned in this paper, and a historical review explores social work contributions to human rights, and the compatibility of principles, accomplishme
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Mechanisms of moral disengagement in support of military force: the impact of sept. 11
TL;DR: This paper examined the relation between disengagement of moral self-sanctions and support of military force and found that the higher the moral disengagement, the stronger the public support for immediate retaliatory strikes against suspected terrorist sanctuaries abroad and for aerial bombardment of Iraq.
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The Discourse of the New World Order: ‘Out-Casting’the Double Face of Threat
Annita Lazar,Michelle M. Lazar +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a productive way to make sense of the discourse and actions surrounding the 11 September 2001 attacks, and thereafter, is to view them within the larger context of discourse of the New World Order.
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Global standards for the education and training of the social work profession
Vishanthie Sewpaul,David Jones +1 more
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Just Practice: Steps Toward a New Social Work Paradigm
Janet L. Finn,Maxine Jacobson +1 more
TL;DR: The Just Practice Framework as mentioned in this paper is a social justice-oriented approach to social work, as a corrective to current models, and it is based on critical social theory, as opposed to the dominant theoretical approaches of social work practice.