Perpetrators and Victims of Torture: Case Reports and Literature Review
Abstract
Abstract— Perpetrators of torture (torturers)
are forgotten victims. Psychological and physical
pain is inflicted deliberately by torturers to
control victims or to fulfill certain requirements
such as confession. The norm within the criminal
justice system is to punish the perpetrators
rather than being rehabilitated. According to the
UN conventions, impunity is not validated. The
author had examined many cases of torture on
the hands of police though none of the alleged
perpetrators of torture had been medico-legally
examined. Similar to victims, it is said that
multitude of problems are experienced by the
perpetrators as well mainly in the forms of
psychological and social aspects. Truly speaking
perpetrators should also need to be understood
psychologically. There may be numerous reasons
why one would become a torturer. However, for
a healthy society it is necessary to have healthy
people not only physically but also mentally too.
The author wishes to discuss the cases that were
examined after being tortured and to emphasize
more about the perpetrators with the available
limited literature. The stake holders, policy
makers and legislature should pay attention in
perpetrators in order to uplift the society to a
better place as a whole.
Keywords— Torturers, Judicial Medical Officer,
mentality of the perpetrators of torturer,
alternative interrogative mechanisms
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