Childhood Abused

First published in 1998 this book seeks to consider the application of international human rights standards to situations where children are at risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Each of the contributors authoritatively examines torture cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment from the perspective of their own discipline and experience. In exploring the issues Childhood Abused also helps to raise their profile as invisibility ignorance and secrecy contribute to the continuation of such practices. The subject is harrowing and complex Childhood Abused needs to be read so that we are better able to prevent and protect children against such abhorrent and prohibited forms of ill-treatment.