The prohibition against torture is a bedrock principle of international law. Torture, as well as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, is banned at all times, in all places, including in times of ...
Torture has been documented as a weapon of war in Syria, and the United Nations Human Rights Office through its Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, is assisting victims access the much needed rehabilitation services.
Two Tunisians formerly held in secret United States Central Intelligence Agency custody have described previously unreported methods of torture that shed new light on the earliest days of the CIA ...
A Guatemalan activist finds the strength to survive years of torture to seek justice for the enforced disappearance of her brother.
Twenty years after Guantánamo Bay detention operations commenced on , a new report assesses the massive costs of US unlawful transfers, secret detention, and torture after the ...
20 Years of US Torture – and Counting - Human Rights Watch
Torture can leave survivors with deep but invisible psychological scars. From Syria to Thailand to Colombia, the U.N. Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture supports the mental health of survivors, rebuilding families and communities.
Healing torture survivors: “The heart is where pain resonates the most ...
For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention facilities, to ill-treatment and torture, with no accountability.