vi GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON TORTURE: Law and Practice This publication is intended to generate a broad discussion on the topic of gender and torture. For that reason, it may be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced and translated, in part or in whole, but it is not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. Any changes to the text of this publication must be approved by the Anti-Torture Initiative of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law of American University Washington College of Law. If any section is reproduced, due credit must be given to the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law's AntiTorture Initiative and to this publication. Cover art by Aleksandra Jevtovic.