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„Atlas of Torture “ Website Launch of Beta Version 29 April 2009

„Atlas of Torture “ Website Launch of Beta Version 29 April 2009. Why a Website on Torture? Torture is not a phenomenon of the middle ages, but continues to be a widespread practice at the beginning of the 21st century.

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„Atlas of Torture “ Website Launch of Beta Version 29 April 2009

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  1. „Atlas ofTorture“ Website Launch of Beta Version 29 April 2009

  2. Why a Website on Torture? • Torture is not a phenomenon of the middle ages, but continues to be a widespread practice at the beginning of the 21st century. • Torture remains largely unacknowledge in its severity, extend and structural causes; torture continues to be trivialized for political purposes • Country specific information is often dispersed among various sources • The existing international legal framework has been fundamentally challenged by recent attempts to undermine the absolute prohibition of torture in the fight against terrorism

  3. The Purposeofthe Website isto • raiseawarenessofthecontinuingpracticeoftorture in theworld anditsunderlyingcauses • offer a usefulsourceofinformationforresearch & advocacyaddressedto human rightsprofessionals, academicsandtheinterestedpublic • compileinformationfromvarioussourcesandprovideanalyseswith a thematicandgeographicalfocus • trackthelatest legal andpoliticaldevelopmentsrelatingtotortureandill-treatment

  4. Country situation Thematic analysis Media review Glossary & further resoures About this project Cross-cutting issues

  5. Access tocountryprofiles via theinteractive world mapto find information on • politicalbackgound • situationoftorture • documents • Information on countrymissionsby international monitoringbodies.

  6. Information on thepoliticalcontext, thegeneralhuman rightssituationandotherkeyfacts

  7. Synopsis ofthelegal frameworkandthesituationoftorture & ill-treatment, based on mostrecentinformation from UN bodies

  8. Compilation of relevant documentation from • UN bodies • Regional monitoring bodies • Jurisprudence • Links to relevant national and international human rightsorganisationsandreports from leading NGOs

  9. Analysis of various legal issues related to the fight against torture. • Written with the aim to provide a concise overview, a focus on contemporary challenges and introduction to specific fields of research. • Linked to excerpts of OUP‘s Commentary on Convention against Torture, and other relevant documents • Regularly updated in order to cover new legal developments.

  10. Selectionofmost relevant newscoverage on legal andpoliticaldevelopments • Newspaper articles, audioandvideofilesareincluded

  11. Glossary on relevant international conventions, monitoringmechanismsandbasicterminology • Further features: • FAQs • Linklistto online resources

  12. Welookforwardtoreceivingyourfeedback: contact@atlas-of-torture.org

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