Citation

Robertson BWN, Berger CEH. Med. Law Rev. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Netherlands Forensic Institute; Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/medlaw/fwz029

PMID

31647562

Abstract

The Istanbul Protocol provides a scheme for giving evidence of signs of torture. This scheme does not conform with the principles of logical inference, revolving as it does round the concept of 'consistency'. The shortcomings of the Protocol are explained using the evidence given in the recent case of KV(Sri Lanka) and the logical approach to such evidence explained.

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press.

Language: en

Keywords

KV(Sri Lanka)
; Consistency; Istanbul Protocol; Likelihood ratios; Probability; Torture