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Minister launches new handbook to
help torture victims
A new handbook aimed at helping victims of torture
worldwide, and contributing to efforts to eliminate the practice, was
launched at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June, by the minister
with responsibility for human rights, Ian McCartney.
Published by the University’s Human Rights Centre (HRC), Medical
Investigation and Documentation of Torture is being distributed to
health professionals worldwide through Britain’s embassies and diplomatic
missions.
Financed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the book aims to raise
awareness of the use of torture and encourages the investigation and
documentation of state-sanctioned torture in the hope of preventing
further abuse. The handbook is the fourth in a series which has been led
by Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, Chair of the HRC, and former United Nations
Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture was written by Dr
Michael Peel, a consultant at the Medical Foundation for the Care of
Victims of Torture, together with Noam Lubell, senior researcher at the
HRC, and Dr Jonathan Beynon, co-ordinator for health in detention at the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
Professor Sir Nigel Rodley (second left) with the authors of the handbook
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