British torture in the ‘war on terror’
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 4311
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/1354066116653455
- Title of journal
- European Journal of International Relations
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 243
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1354-0661
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The paper provides the most comprehensive analysis of the UK’s role in CIA torture. It required collection and analysis, over five years, of thousands of flight records pertaining to journeys by aircraft hired by the CIA (2001-2010), to secretly transfer detainees between clandestine prisons in the Far East, Middle East, Horn of Africa, Eastern Europe, and Cuba, with logistical stop-offs in Europe including the UK. Progress was hampered by the considerable secrecy and denial of the UK’s role. The work depended on building trust with non-academic partners, including litigators representing victims, and triangulation with hundreds of declassified and leaked documents.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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