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Torture
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: Hinton as mentioned in this paper discusses the history of the UN Genocide Convention and its use in the twenty-first century, including the use of the Putumayo Report and the Explanation of Torture.
Abstract: Acknowledgements. . Introduction: Genocide and Anthropology: Alexander Laban Hinton. Part I: Conceptual Foundations. 1. Genocide. ( Raphael Lemkin). 2. Text of the UN Genocide Convention. 3. Genocide: Its Political Use in the Twentieth Century. (Leo Kuper). 4. Genocide: A Sociological Perspective. (Helen Fein). 5. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. (Hannah Arendt). 6. Modernity and the Holocaust. (Zygmunt Bauman). Part II: Genocide, History, and Modernity. 7. Victims of Progress. (John H. Bodley). 8. Culture of Terror -- Space of Death: Roger Casementa s Putumayo Report and the Explanation of Torture. (Michael Taussig). 9. National Socialist Germany. (Eric R. Wolf). Part III: Manufacturing Difference and "Purification". 10. "Ethnic Cleansing": A Metaphor for Our Time? (Akbhar S. Ahmed). 11. Imagined Communities and Real Victims: Self--Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia. (Robert M. Hayden). 12. A Head for an Eye: Revenge in the Cambodian Genocide. (Alexander Laban Hinton). 13. Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization: Arjun Appadurai. Part IV: Coping and Understanding. 14. Fear as a Way of Life. (Linda Green). 15. The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict. (John R. Bowen). 16. Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization. (Liisa H. Malkki). Appendix: Websites on Genocide. Index.
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TL;DR: The authors suggest that many of the differences in treatment of the two groups may be attributed to cultural factors, with South American patients reflecting an affinity for the Western philosophical assumptions in which psychodynamic therapy is rooted and Indochinese patients reflecting a cultural background that values responsibility to the group, deference to authority, and restrained modes of emotional expression.
Abstract: A selective review of the literature describing treatment of refugee survivors of torture and trauma revealed that approaches to psychotherapy used in treating South American patients differed from those used in treating Indochinese patients. South American patients were receptive to psychodynamic psychotherapeutic approaches that focused on detailed recollection of past trauma. Indochinese patients responded to a broader-based rehabilitation approach that could include psychotropic medication, supportive psychotherapy, and assistance in meeting practical needs. The authors suggest that many of the differences in treatment of the two groups may be attributed to cultural factors, with South American patients reflecting an affinity for the Western philosophical assumptions in which psychodynamic therapy is rooted and Indochinese patients reflecting a cultural background that values responsibility to the group, deference to authority, and restrained modes of emotional expression. Language: en
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TL;DR: In spite of many factors being potentially co-responsible for prevalent pain, years after the torture took place it presents itself as strongly associated with specific loci of pain, with generalized effects, and with somatizing.
Abstract: AIM: To research possible associations between previous exposure to specific torture techniques and prevalent pain in the head and face, back, and feet. METHODS: 221 refugees, 193 males and 28 females, previously exposed to torture in their home country, were subject to a clinical interview at a rehabilitation clinic for torture victims. The interview focused on exposure to torture and somatic symptoms prevalent at examination. RESULTS: The mean number of times imprisoned was 2.3; the mean number of months imprisoned was 19.7; the mean duration from initial imprisonment to final release was 3.7 years; and the mean duration from final release to preliminary interview was 8.4 years. The most frequent physical torture method reported was beating (92.3%) and the main mental torture method was deprivation (84.6%). Pain in the head and face was found to be strongly associated with torture against head and face (OR 3.89, 95% CI 1.49-10.20) and with the cumulative number of physical torture methods exposed to. Pain in the back was associated with sexual torture (OR 2.75, 95% CI 1.07-7.12). Besides beating of the lower extremities (OR 5.98, 95% CI 2.47-14.48), the strongest predictor for pain in the feet was general abuse of the whole body (OR 5.64, 95% CI 1.93-16.45). CONCLUSION: In spite of many factors being potentially co-responsible for prevalent pain, years after the torture took place it presents itself as strongly associated with specific loci of pain, with generalized effects, and with somatizing. Language: en
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01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: On 26 June 1987, the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment entered into force and has been ratified by twenty States including Switzerland as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: On 26 June 1987, The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment entered into force.1 The Convention has been ratified at the time of writing by twenty States including Switzerland.
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