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Torture Risk

Torture Risk is a legal and human rights construct that denotes the likelihood of an individual being subjected to torture upon return to or presence in a specific country, distinguished from related protection risks by its threshold of severity, intentional infliction, and connection to prohibited grounds under international law.

148

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6.4K

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217

Authors

117

Institutions

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2017–2026

12

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Publications

148

A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture

Kenneth Maxwell, Marguerite Feitlowitz · Foreign Affairs · 1998 · 307 citations

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Social torture: the case of northern Uganda, 1986-2006

Chris Dolan · Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 286 citations

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Torture and Its Consequences: Current Treatment Approaches

Burton C. Einspruch · JAMA · 1993 · 216 citations

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Torture in Dreamland: Disposing of the Ticking Bomb

Henry Shue · Case Western Reserve journal of international law · 2006 · 206 citations · Full text

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Doctors and Torture

Robert Jay Lifton · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 188 citations · Full text

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Authors

217

  1. VI
    Vincent Iacopino

    Physicians for Human Rights, United States

    4 publications · 80 citations

    4

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  2. CR
    Courtenay R. Conrad

    University of California, Merced, United States

    3 publications · 235 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. OV
    Ole Vedel Rasmussen

    Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark

    3 publications · 73 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. GJ
    George J. Annas

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 82 citations

    3

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  5. IL
    Inge Lunde

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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Institutions

117

  1. Physicians for Human Rights

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    345 citations

  2. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    185 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    99 citations

  4. The Center for Victims of Torture

    Saint Paul, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    79 citations

  5. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

  7. Seabrook

    Bridgeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 1K citations

    9

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 227 citations

    8

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  3. The Lancet

    5 publications · 217 citations

    5

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  4. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 5 publications · 255 citations

    5

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  5. Forensic Science International

    4 publications · 141 citations

    4

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