Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitional Boundaries of Torture
Time
4.11.2022 at 12.15 - 13.00
SILE, with the support of Trust in Law of Mobile Futures, would like to invite you
on Friday 4 November 2022, 12:15–13:00 EET, at Calonia reading room and zoom,
to a hybrid discussion of the book
Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitional Boundaries of Torture
by Victoria Canning, University of Bristol
There is growing recognition that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognised as torture. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with women seeking asylum, psychologists and practitioners, this lecture reflects on Canning’s forthcoming book to offer scholars and practitioners a clear definition on torturous violence. It introduces critical reflections on how torture is defined, and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. It sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualised and psychological abuses.
Victoria Canning is associate professor of Criminology at the University of Bristol. She is head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, associate director in Border Criminologies at Oxford University, and Trustee of Statewatch. She researches violence, harm and torture, and has worked for more than a decade on migrant rights and women’s rights.
on Friday 4 November 2022, 12:15–13:00 EET, at Calonia reading room and zoom,
to a hybrid discussion of the book
Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitional Boundaries of Torture
by Victoria Canning, University of Bristol
There is growing recognition that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognised as torture. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with women seeking asylum, psychologists and practitioners, this lecture reflects on Canning’s forthcoming book to offer scholars and practitioners a clear definition on torturous violence. It introduces critical reflections on how torture is defined, and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. It sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualised and psychological abuses.
Victoria Canning is associate professor of Criminology at the University of Bristol. She is head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, associate director in Border Criminologies at Oxford University, and Trustee of Statewatch. She researches violence, harm and torture, and has worked for more than a decade on migrant rights and women’s rights.