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Author United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Title Rebuilding lives : 25 years : United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / United Nations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Published Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Introduction / Sonia Picado -- Rwanda : talking about it helps / Birgit Virnich, Dorris Haron Kasco -- A time to renew our commitment / Savitri Goonesekere -- Making torture history / J. Oloka-Onyango -- Bosnia and Herzegovina : all sitting in the same waiting room / Nick Hawton, Ziyah Gafic -- A quiet strength / Elizabeth Odio Benito -- Supporting civil society / Krassimir Kanev -- Fighting torture : the contribution of international law / Walter Kälin -- Addressing the health implications of torture : the task of the therapists / Helen Bomber and Michael Korzinski -- A former chairman's recollections / Hans Danelius -- The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture : assisting the victims -- A vision of the future / Sonia Picado -- Australia : the daunting task of rebuilding lives / Bob Burton, Rahraw Omarzad -- The Fund and the international community / Ivan Tosevski -- The Fund and Africa / Amos Wako -- Pakistan : becoming confident over the years / Rina Saeed Khan, Ilse Frech -- The victim's perspective / Theo van Boven -- Chile : memory has secret boxes / Patricia Verdugo, Olivia Heussler
Summary This publication examines the legal and medical definitions of torture, how and why it happens, the impact it has on victims, what makes torture different from other human rights violations, as well as ways in which it can be effectively treated and combated. It also includes five overviews on current projects in Australia, Bosnia, Chile, Pakistan and Rwanda, each of which consists of an article and a series of photographs.--Publisher's description
Notes "United Nations publication sales no. E.06. XIV.3"--Colophon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture -- History
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture -- Management
SUBJECT United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture fast
Subject Human rights.
Torture victims -- Services for
Torture (International law)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Management
Torture (International law)
Torture victims -- Services for
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423798252
9781423798255
Other Titles 25 years rebuilding lives : United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture