Anti-Torture Act of 2009 Digest
Author: Balay Rehabilitation Center
A practical pocket sized guide on the essentials of the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 for the use of laypersons, human rights defenders and paralegals for application on-the-ground. The easy to use digest features how-tos through the said law in bringing perpetrators to justice, seeking redress and restitution for torture survivors and their families and accessing other remedies and state obligations under the legal framework.
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