Documentation of torture in children and young adults: Time to reflect.

Editorial.

From sexualized torture and gender-based torture to genderized torture: The urgent need for a conceptual evolution.

Classical perspectives on sexualized torture are being increasingly challenged by contemporary debates informed by emerging claims (Mendez, 2016; Sáez, 2016; Sifris, 2014). Gender-based analysis based on feminist and other theoretical approaches is needed to adequately address these. Arriving at a general framework for the reconceptualization of torture, and progressively widening the analytical scope of gender and torture, are priorities.

Ill-treatment and torture in demonstrations and other non-custodial settings. How can academic research help in the discussion?

Editorial.

Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain, Part III: 'Five days is enough': the concept of torturing environments.

Background: Torture is changing in western societies, evolving from pain-producing torture to more subtle mixed psychological methods that are harder to detect. Despite this, there is not an adequate understanding of the complexities of contemporary psychological techniques used in coercive interrogation and torture.

Methods: The interrogation and torture techniques used on 45 detainees held in short-term incommunicado detention in Spain during the period 1980-2012 were analyzed.

Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain, Part II: Enhanced credibility assessment based on the Istanbul Protocol.

Background: The Istanbul Protocol (IP) is the key instrument in the documentation of allegations of torture. However, few scientific studies have evaluated its effectiveness as a tool to assess credibility of allegations of ill-treatment or torture.

Objective: Present data on the credibility of allegations of torture in a sample of 45 Basque people held in short-term incommunicado detention between 1980 and 2012, using a modified version of the Standard Evaluation Form for Credibility Assessment (SEC), a new tool to assess credibility based on the IP.

Editorial - The Torture Journal: A home for all.

Editorial.

Rehabilitation of torture survivors and prevention of torture: Priorities for research through a modified Delphi Study.

Background: Research is a key element in prevention and in ensuring that survivors of torture have access to appropriate and effective rehabilitation, but it is often neglected as more pressing issues frequently come first.

Methods: A modified Delphi study with three rounds of consultation was used to reach a consensus of expert panellists with respect to top research priorities in the interdisciplinary field of torture rehabilitation and prevention. Panellists included professionals (medical, psychologists and psychiatrists, lawyers, social workers and members of organizations of survivors) from 23 countries balanced by gender, geographical area, profession and area of work (country of asylum versus where torture is perpetrated).

Call to action: Reinvigorating a global research agenda for the sector.

Editorial.

Drawing the fine line between interrogation and torture: towards a Universal Protocol on Investigative Interviewing.

Editorial.

Psychotherapy for torture survivors - Suggested pathways for research.

Editorial.