Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

ATI Publications

The Anti-Torture Initiative produces reports, scholarly articles, books, and other resources, which policymakers, advocates, international aid organizations, legal practitioners, and others use to help inform decisions on issues of international human rights and anti-torture.

Publications 2020-2021 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering The Principles integrate law with the robust and growing scientific research on questioning methods that most effectively elicit accurate and reliable information from the interviewee.

Publications 2019-2020 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

PUBLICATIONS 2018-2019 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications 2017-2018 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications Gender Perspectives on Torture: Law and Practice (2018) This volume provides novel insights into critical topics at the intersection between gender and the international human rights law prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment.

Publications 2016-2017 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications The Prohibition of Torture: An Introductory Guide (2017) This brochure serves as a resource for prospective and current law students, civil society, and other individuals committed to human rights, as they navigate the opportunities and challenges of this dynamic area of law.

Publications Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem (2017) This edited volume brings together contributions by more than 30 international children’s rights experts in response to former UN's thematic report on torture of children deprived of liberty.

Publications 2015-2016 Annual Report For over 20 years, the Center has worked with students, faculty, and the international legal community to provide scholarship and support for human rights initiatives around the world.

Publications Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture's 2013 Thematic Report (2013) This follow-up model seeks to expand upon a thematic report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT).