Shedding light on a dark practice Using the Istanbul Protocol to document torture International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) Borgergade 13 P.O. Box 9049 1022 Copenhagen K Denmark Phone Fax E-mail Website +45 3376 0600 +45 3376 0500 irct@irct.org www.irct.org Editors: Susanne Kjær, Asger Kjærum Production manager: Sune Segal Layout: Andreas Reventlow, ar@irct.org Illustrations on page 29 and 39: Christopher Kaohu Jaeckle ISBN: 978-87-88882-21-6 Printed by Scanprint, Viby J., Denmark 2009 © International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Commission. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the organisations of those authors, the IRCT or the European Commission.