Thursday, 19 May 2016

UN Special Rapporteur Breaks New Ground with Report on Gendered Aspects of Torture (Catherine Powell, CFR)

Juan E. Mendez, United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, attends a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 7, 2016. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Last week I hosted a CFR roundtable with Juan E. Mendez, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment, to discuss his new report on gendered aspects of torture. The groundbreaking report, released earlier this year, addresses gendered aspects of torture and other ill-treatment of persons in detention. It stresses the need to apply gender analysis to torture and cruel treatment to reveal abuses that would otherwise be invisible or normalized

http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2016/05/18/un-special-rapporteur-breaks-new-ground-with-report-on-gendered-aspects-of-torture/

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