BREAK THEM DOWN – Systematic Use of Psychological Torture by US Forces

This report is the first to comprehensively examine the use of psychological torture by US personnel in the so- called “war on terror.”1 It reviews the techniques used on detainees, what clinical experience and studies reveal about the long-lasting and extremely devastating health consequences of psychological torture, how a regime of psychological torture came about and was perpetuated, and what the current status of psychological torture is in US policy.

Key wordsConvention against Torture / torture / torture prevention

CountriesUSA

CategoryPublication