Introduction = 1
Chapter 1: Children and torture = 3
The rights of the child = 3
The protection of children under international law = 7
The special situation of children = 11
Effects of torture on children = 15
Mental illness or disability = 21
A hidden phenomenon? = 22
Impunity = 24
Chapter 2: Torture of children during conflict = 27
Armed conflict = 27
Refugees and internally displaced children = 31
Torture as a weapon of war = 33
Child Soldiers = 41
Chapter 3: Torture at the hands of the police = 49
Children in custody = 49
Deaths in custody = 56
Discriminatory ill-treatment = 59
Chapter 4: Torture of children in detention = 67
Juvenile detention centres = 67
Children held with adults = 77
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in other institutions = 80
Corporal punishment = 83
Recommendations = 85
Appendix: AI’s 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture by Agents of the State = 92
Endnotes = 96
Chapter 1: Children and torture = 3
The rights of the child = 3
The protection of children under international law = 7
The special situation of children = 11
Effects of torture on children = 15
Mental illness or disability = 21
A hidden phenomenon? = 22
Impunity = 24
Chapter 2: Torture of children during conflict = 27
Armed conflict = 27
Refugees and internally displaced children = 31
Torture as a weapon of war = 33
Child Soldiers = 41
Chapter 3: Torture at the hands of the police = 49
Children in custody = 49
Deaths in custody = 56
Discriminatory ill-treatment = 59
Chapter 4: Torture of children in detention = 67
Juvenile detention centres = 67
Children held with adults = 77
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in other institutions = 80
Corporal punishment = 83
Recommendations = 85
Appendix: AI’s 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture by Agents of the State = 92
Endnotes = 96