CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS Project coordinators Dr. Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights USA, Boston, United States Dr. Önder Özkalipçi, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey Ms. Caroline Schlar, Action for Torture Survivors (HRFT), Geneva Editorial committee Dr. Kathleen Allden, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic, Boston, and Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States Dr. Türkcan Baykal, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Izmir, Turkey Dr. Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights USA, Boston, United States Dr. Robert Kirschner, Physicians for Human Rights USA, Chicago, United States Dr. Önder Özkalipçi, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Michael Peel, The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, London Dr. Hernan Reyes, Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, Columbia University, New York Mr. James Welsh, Amnesty International, London Rapporteurs Dr. Kathleen Allden, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic, Boston, and Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States Ms. Barbara Frey, Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States Dr. Robert Kirschner, Physicians for Human Rights USA, Chicago, United States Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincanci, Society of Forensic Medicine Specialists, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Hernan Reyes, Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, Columbia University, New York Ms. Ann Sommerville, British Medical Association, London Dr. Numfondo Walaza, The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, Cape Town, South Africa Contributing authors Dr. Suat Alptekin, Forensic Medicine Department, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Zuhal Amato, Ethics Department, Doküz Eylul Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey Dr. Alp Ayan, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Izmir, Turkey Dr. Semih Aytaçlar, Sonomed, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Metin Bakkalci, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Ankara, Dr. Ümit Biçer, Society of Forensic Medicine Specialists, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Yeşim Can, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. John Chisholm, British Medical Association, London Dr. Lis Danielsen, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, Copenhagen Dr. Hanan Diab, Physicians for Human Rights Palestine, Gaza viii