Ogbozor Ernest N, L Schoeny Mara, Baer Andrew
George Mason University, Virginia, USA. Correspondence to:
Torture. 2017;27(1):51-62. doi: 10.7146/torture.v27i1.26535.
International law and minimum standards provide certain protection for detainees and prisoners of war (POW) against torture and ill-treatment. Places of detention and parties to conflicts are often monitored to ensure that they adhere to the required standards through, for example, visits to individual detainees and the assessment of facilities. However, monitoring between the point of arrest and eventual remand in prisons is largely inadequate. This paper explains an emerging model to enhance protection of prisoners through readiness training for prospective humanitarian personnel. The Atlantic Hope simulation exercise on monitoring detainees and visits to the mock Black Swan prison represents a teaching model to enhance sustainable protection of detainees and POW during incarceration. The simulation entails comprehensive monitoring, assessment, visits and provision of services to prisoners from the point of arrest, during the transition to places of custody, and imprisonment. These enhance protection of detainees to avoid deaths in custody, disappearance and torture throughout the chain of imprisonment.
国际法和最低标准为被拘留者和战俘提供了一定的保护，使其免受酷刑和虐待。拘留场所和冲突各方经常受到监督，以确保它们遵守所需标准，例如通过探访个别被拘留者和评估设施。然而，在逮捕点至最终被押送至监狱期间的监督在很大程度上是不足的。本文阐述了一种新兴模式，即通过对未来人道主义人员进行准备培训来加强对囚犯的保护。大西洋希望模拟演习中对被拘留者的监测以及对模拟黑天鹅监狱的探访，代表了一种教学模式，旨在加强被拘留者和战俘在监禁期间的可持续保护。该模拟涉及从逮捕点开始，在转送至羁押场所和监禁期间，对囚犯进行全面监测、评估、探访并提供服务。这些措施加强了对被拘留者的保护，以避免在整个监禁链条中出现羁押期间死亡、失踪和酷刑等情况。
