Torture beyond carceral settings against individuals from marginalized communities: the important role for clinical documentation.

Torture

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Medical Director of Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY. Correspondence to:

Published: August 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • Torture used to mean hurting someone physically or mentally, usually done by government officials to people in jail.
  • The United Nations has a special agreement called the UNCAT that says torture can happen in other places, not just in prisons.
  • This change means that torture is now recognized in many different situations, not just when people are locked up.

Article Abstract

Historically, torture often was understood as physical and/or psychological pain inflicted by governmental agents on an individual who is detained or imprisoned in governmental custody. As defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), however, torture is increasingly recognized as occurring in settings far beyond carceral settings.

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