Essays about: "torture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 71 essays containing the word torture.

  1. 11. Mechanical restraint in psychiatric healthcare facilities : A helpful tool, or torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in disguise?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Rudhe; [2021]
    Keywords : Mechanical restraint; torture; international human rights; UNCAT; CRPD; survivor-controlled research; bältesläggning;

    Abstract : The use of mechanical restraint is a common practice in psychiatric care, often defended by medical necessity but seldom questioned from a human rights perspective. The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate under which circumstances mechanical restraint by bed through belt fixation could amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. READ MORE

  3. 12. If not us, then who? - On the repatriation of Swedish women and children from the al Hol and al Roj camps in the Syrian Arab Republic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Aylin Volgsten; [2021]
    Keywords : public international law; international human rights law; repatriation; jurisdiction; terrorism; counter-terrorism; Syria; ISIL; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the al Hol and al Roj camps in the north-eastern parts of the Syrian Arab Republic, women and children allegedly affiliated with the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are detained in precarious humanitarian and security conditions that have been equated with torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by the United Nations. In early 2021, the United Nations called upon states to repatriate their nationals from the camps. READ MORE

  4. 13. Cause and Consequence of Domestic Violence of Bangladesh : An Empirical Study on Tangail Town and Mymensingh City

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Minhajul Islam; [2021]
    Keywords : Domestic Violence; Physical violence; Harassments; Torture;

    Abstract : Domestic violence is now better be addressed as a global issue rather than just a family or regional problem. This research study has focused on highlighting the factors that contribute to the ceaseless occurrence of domestic violence. Besides, it concentrates on the consequences that might take place due to the various forms of domestic violence. READ MORE

  5. 14. Imputability under the ECHR of EU Assistance to Libya. State jurisdiction and obligations when the EU’s assistance to the Libyan Coast Guard has rights-violating effects on torture.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Björnberg; [2020]
    Keywords : ECHR; EU Assistance; Libya; Torture; Jurisdiction; Extraterritorial; Positive obligation; EKMR; EU-stöd; Libyen; Tortyr; Jurisdiktion; Extraterritoriell; Positiv skyldighet;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE

  6. 15. Danger, Docility and the Denial of Death: On Productive Forces of Violent Practices in Prison

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rut Berling; [2020]
    Keywords : Bare life; biopower; discourse of security; force-feeding; F-Type prisons; hunger strike; medical discourse; sovereign power; torture; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis establishes an understanding of violence as discourse in the setting of Turkish prisons, during the death fast in the early 2000s. It uncovers discourses embedded in the acts of torture, hunger striking and force-feeding, each able to produce certain kinds of subjects. READ MORE