It takes account of the evolution of jurisprudence, for example in relation to the protection of women from violence, the scope of the obligation to investigate with a clear rejection of military jurisdiction over serious human rights violations, the role of the exclusionary rule or again on the duty to prevent and the scope of reparations for victims of torture to mention only a few areas in which case law and jurisprudence evolved. We hope that this publication will be of practical help to lawyers and human rights defenders and the members of the SOS Torture network of the OMCT across the Americas. We thereby encourage them to contribute to closing the implementation gap and bringing us closer to the legal obligation that indeed “nothing can justify torture under any circumstances.” Gerald Staberock Secretary General February 2014 8