TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - From torture to ultraviolence: medical and legal implications
JO  - Lancet
A1  - Kaur, Gunisha
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Violent global conflict has forcibly displaced 79·5 million people worldwide, many of whom have experienced torture. Although the systematic use of torture is not new, torture as experienced by refugees fleeing war and persecution has become increasingly brutal. Indeed, in many parts of the world, the purpose of torture is no longer to teach a lesson or to extract a confession, but to embody cruelty in its most extreme form. When appealing for refuge, asylum seekers describe experiencing violence that exceeds the standard definition of torture. Medical and legal communities have yet to adopt adequate language to describe this purposeful, extreme violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-6736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00222-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -