THEMATIC REPORT 2017
in military camps or facilities and
prisoner of war, labour, concentration
or extermination camps. These camps
were either under the jurisdiction
of the Serbian authorities (in the
occupied territories of Croatia) or they
were camps in Croatia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, under the jurisdiction of
the Croatian and Bosnian authorities.
The main torture methods used were
beating (blunt trauma), humiliation
of the victim, threats, conditions of
detention and witnessing the torture
of others.
In Mexico, torture also occurs in
the context of the criminalisation of
protests, and in the case of migrants,
when they are transiting the country
(recorded under the ‘Other’ data
category, see figure 2.2), mainly at the
hands of the immigration authorities
or other state agents. The majority
of CCTI’s clients have been tortured
in detention or on the road. Torture
victims are detained arbitrarily and
often first tortured whilst in transit
to the detention place, for example in
patrol cars. Methods of torture used in
such circumstances tend to be beating
(blunt trauma), positional torture,
threats and insults. The time between
the person being detained and being
brought before a judge is often lengthy,
allowing for torture to be perpetrated
on multiple occasions.
In Kenya, a high proportion of the
clients suffer torture at the time
of arrest or whilst the person is in
detention. According to Mateso’s client
data, the most common locations
where torture occurs are the victim’s
home, secret places of detention,
police stations, military camps or
prisons. The main torture methods
used are beating (blunt trauma), with
REDRESS AND REPARATIONS
Figure 2.1 Broader Context of Torture:
The Philippines
1
Criminalisation
of protest
127
Military
operations
71
Other
19
Police and
security forces
operations
53
Not known
Number of incidents
0
30
60
90
120
150
Figure 2.2 Broader Context of Torture:
Mexico
1
Ethnic conflict
20
Criminalisation
of protest
2
4
Dictatorship
Military
operations
25
Police and security
forces operations
52
Other
20
Not known
Number of incidents
0
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30
40
50
60
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