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Latest News from KHRP and the Kurdish Regions

KHRP Concerned for Civilians Impacted by Cross-Border Military Operations in Kurdistan, Iraq [3/07/2009]
KHRP Publishes Legal Review and Newsline [30/06/2009]
KHRP Concerned at Reports of Post-Election Repression in Kurdish Regions of Iran [29/06/2009]
KHRP Marks United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture [26/06/2009]
KHRP Legal Team Meeting Tackles Changing Definitions of Torture [25/06/2009]
Iran and Syria Desk Officer Volunteering Opportunity [22/06/2009]
KHRP Welcomes World Refugee Day 2009 [19/06/2009]
KHRP Welcomes Judgment from European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) [17/06/2009]

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KHRP Legal Team Meeting Tackles Changing Definitions of Torture

Thursday, 25 June 2009
(From left to right) Kerim Y1ld1z, Nicholas Stewart QC and Saadiya Chaudary KHRP held its annual Legal Team meeting at Pump Court Chambers in London on 24 June, with discussions focusing on the changing definition of torture in the context of the so-called ‘War on Terror’. Legal Team member Nicholas Stewart QC gave a presentation which began by outlining the definitions of torture given in key international human rights instruments and the approach taken by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), whose landmark ruling in the KHRP-assisted case of Aydın v.Turkey made clear that judgements about whether a particular episode of abuse counts as torture must take into account contextual factors such as the age of the victim. He compared and contrasted this international legal framework with the highly-publicised memos between senior United States officials in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, which set out a narrow definition of torture and concluded that controversial methods such as ‘waterboarding’ and lengthy periods of sleep deprivation do not qualify. Subsequent discussions considered the ways in which US policy on ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ could influence future casework on torture.
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