Fact Sheet Collection Health

This is a series of one-page fact sheets each defining a method of torture or ill-treatment, recapping related international standards and outlining the health consequences. We use the torture definition of the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT).

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No.1

Falanga

No.2

Telefono

No.3

Electric discharge weapons

No.4

Pepper spray

No.5

Waterboarding

No.6

Solitary confinement

No.7

Torture by asphyxiation

No.8

Positional torture

No.9

Deprivation of food

No.10

Deprivation of water

No.11

Suspension

No.12

Cigarette burns

No.13

Forced genital examination

No.14

Beatings

No.15

Deprivation of sleep

No.16

Handcuffing

No.17

Force feeding

No.18

Prison overcrowding

No.19

Sensory Deprivation

No. 20

Death Penalty

No. 21

Sexual Torture

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