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  • Trauma and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced Populations
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 3/11/2018 in Asylum Seekers and Refugees
    Downloads: 275
    Summary of the research literature on the impact of trauma on the mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers, and includes recommendations for policy-makers, clinicians and researchers.
    Author(s): International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

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    Categories: refugee, Stress, Trauma
  • Niños usados como soldados en el Perú: Informe presentado a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en su 138 período de sesiones
    Uploaded by Thais La Rosa on 1/18/2017 in Protection and human rights
    Downloads: 100
    Niños utilizados como niños soldados en Perú: Informe presentado a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) durante su 138º período de sesiones, por la Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos…

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  • Primera ayuda psicológica: Guía para trabajadores de campo
    Uploaded by Thais La Rosa on 1/11/2017 in Protection and human rights
    Downloads: 254
    Psychological first aid: Guide for fieldworkers, released by WHO, the War Trauma Foundation (WTF) and World Vision International (WVI). Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an approach recommended in the IASC…

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  • La torture de masse. Le cas de l’ex-Yougoslavie (2006)
    Uploaded by Laís Carvalho on 12/24/2016 in Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
    Downloads: 104
    Ce n’est qu’après 13 ans d’attente que je me suis mise en demeure de relater les horreurs perpétrées en Bosnie durant les années de guerre civile (1992-1993) et ainsi honorer…

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  • Atelier portrait : médiation artistique pour une reconstruction narcissique dans un contexte de blessé de guerre (2015)
    Uploaded by Laís Carvalho on 12/22/2016 in Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
    Downloads: 82
    Après l’urgence chirurgicale du traumatisme physique vient le temps de la reconstruction faciale, physique, mais aussi psychique, moins visible et parfois bien plus complexe. L’auteur se base sur le travail…

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  • Sellección de Decisiones del Comité Contra la Tortura – Vol. I
    Uploaded by Thais La Rosa on 11/27/2016 in Protection and human rights
    Downloads: 93
    La erradicación mundial de la práctica de la tortura fue uno de los principales retos de las Naciones Unidas solo unos pocos años después de su creación. Para garantizar la…

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  • Protección Jurídica Internacional de los Derechos Humano durante los Conflictos Armados
    Uploaded by Thais La Rosa on 11/25/2016 in Protection and human rights
    Downloads: 125
    La presente publicación ofrece una orientación y un análisis jurídico exhaustivos a las autoridades estatales, a los actores humanitarios y de derechos humanos y a otros agentes en relación con…

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  • El sistema de tratados de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas – Folleto informativo N.30
    Uploaded by Thais La Rosa on 11/25/2016 in Protection and human rights
    Downloads: 164
    El presente folleto informativo ofrece una introducción general a los tratados internacionales fundamentales de derechos humanos y a los comités u "órga- nos creados en virtud de tratados" que vigilan…

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  • OCHA Flash Update, Nepal Earthquake: May 12, 2015
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 5/13/2015 in Nepal 2015 Earthquake Response
    Downloads: 84
    A new earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude struck today (12 May) at 12:50 local time (UTC +5:45). The epicentre was southeast of Kodari (Sindhupalchowk District), 76 km northeast of Kathmandu –…

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  • In Pursuit of Justice: The importance of psychosocial support for torture victims participating in legal proceedings
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 1/27/2015
    Downloads: 87
    This report highlights the stories of five torture survivors who chose to pursue justice with psychosocial support from IRCT member centres. It also highlights the role and experience of 37…

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  • Jornada 30 aniversario Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Tortura
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 1/14/2015 in Salud mental y apoyo psicosocial (España)
    Downloads: 78
    La jornada “30º Aniversario de la Convención de Naciones Unidas contra la Tortura. Retos y Desafíos en España” tendrá lugar el jueves 29 de enero de 2015, en el Consejo…

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  • TRAUMA – Guidelines for Psychosocial Care – MSF
    Uploaded by Mohamed Elshazly on 10/26/2014 in MHPSS in Yemen
    Downloads: 330
    The aim of these guidelines is to suggest a general framework for intervention in order to develop psychosocial programmes and mental health care in emergencies.

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  • Trauma y Justicia. Desafíos pendientes en las intervenciones psicosociales
    Uploaded by Gina Donoso on 9/23/2014 in América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean
    Downloads: 121
    (English version below) El presente trabajo explora el desarrollo y los desafíos que tienen las intervenciones psicológicas o psicosociales en casos de violaciones severas de derechos humanos y en el marco…

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  • Desplazamientos Forzados y violencia sexual basada en el genero. Buenaventura, Colombia: realidades brutales
    Uploaded by Adriana Rubio Hernandez on 9/22/2014 in Gender-Based Violence
    Downloads: 161
    El vínculo existente entre el desplazamiento forzado y la vio- lencia sexual basada en género, en el marco del conflicto armado en Colombia es cada vez más evidente. Este docu-…

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  • Policy Brief: Guiding Principles of Memorialisation
    Uploaded by Gina Donoso on 9/22/2014 in América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean
    Downloads: 163
    In September 2012, Impunity Watch organized the Forum for International Exchange of Initiatives of Memory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Over five memorialization in post- conflict countries were analyzed (Bosnia…

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  • The psychosocial effects of conflict in the Third World
    Uploaded by Gina Donoso on 9/22/2014 in América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean
    Downloads: 177
    In current armed conflicts around the world, over 90 per cent of casualties are civilians. This article reviews medical and anthropological evidence of the psychosocial effects of extreme experiences such as torture,…

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  • PERPLEXITY: AN EFFECT OF SOCIAL TRAUMA
    Uploaded by Gina Donoso on 9/22/2014 in América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean
    Downloads: 81
    ABSTRACT. This paper faces the challenge of building hypotheses that contain referents about social subjectivity and the effects of mental inscription of traumatic social events. The authors’ starting point is the hypothesis…

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  • Incomunicado detention and torture. Assessments using the Istanbul Protocol
    Uploaded by Gina Donoso on 9/20/2014 in América Latina y el Caribe – Latin America & the Caribbean
    Downloads: 118
    This Report examines forty-five cases of detained prisoners in incommunicado regime in the Basque Country. It has involved over thirty health professionals and eight different organizations, including the…

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  • Convencion contra la tortura
    Uploaded by Maricela on 5/14/2014
    Downloads: 54
    Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la tortura. 1984

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  • Tortura psicologica.
    Uploaded by Maricela on 5/14/2014
    Downloads: 72
    Articulo que describe la definición de tortura, tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes.

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  • Tortura en niños durante conflictos armados.
    Uploaded by Maricela on 5/14/2014
    Consecuencias en la vida de niños victimas de tortura o tratos crueles durante conflictos armados.

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  • The mental health and psychosocial problems of survivors of torture and genocide in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq: A brief qualitative study
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 9/26/2013
    Downloads: 64
    Authors: Paul Bolton, MBBS, MPH; Lynn Michalopoulous, MA; Ahmed Mohammed Amin Ahmed, MD,; Laura K. Murray, PhD,; Judith Bass, PhD, MPH. Published in: Journal on Rehabilitation…

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  • Review: psychological impact torture
    Uploaded by Wietse A. Tol on 4/22/2013
    Downloads: 111

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  • Combattre la torture. French. Amnesty International, 2003
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/26/2013
    Downloads: 71
    This manual for action is about the fight against torture. It brings together the ideas, the techniques, the achievements, the standards of governmental behaviour and the means of implementing those…

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  • Combating torture: a manual for action. Arabic. Amnesty International, 2003
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/26/2013
    Downloads: 96
    This manual for action is about the fight against torture. It brings together the ideas, the techniques, the achievements, the standards of governmental behaviour and the means of implementing those…

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  • Combatiendo la tortura: un manual para la acción. Español. Aministía Internacional, 2003
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/26/2013
    Downloads: 80
    Fuente: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT40/001/2003

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  • Combating torture: a manual for action. English. Amnesty international, 2003
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/26/2013
    Downloads: 68
    This manual for action is about the fight against torture. It brings together the ideas, the techniques, the achievements, the standards of governmental behaviour and the means of implementing those…

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  • Protocolo de Estambul: Manual para la investigación y documentación eficaces de la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes_UN_2004
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/21/2013
    Downloads: 50
    Protocolo de Estambul: Manual para la investigación y documentación eficaces de la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes. Primera revisión (2004). Oficina del Alto Comisionado de…

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  • Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment_UN_2004
    Uploaded by Lidia Luna on 3/21/2013
    Downloads: 47
    The Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is intended to serve as international guidelines for the…

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