Torture, Migration, and State Violence in Contemporary Spain

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_9065
dc.contributor.author	Jubany Olga
dc.contributor.author	Rué Alèxia
dc.title	Torture, Migration, and State Violence in Contemporary Spain
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Whilst torture is an age-old phenomenon, prevalent in Western societies since the oldest available records, the twentieth century brought about significant transformations in its conceptualisation. Torture remains the subject of complex and controversial debates, both from academic, political, and legal approaches. Dwelling on the current problematisations of this concept that recognises torture within the logic of its social production, this text explores the connection – and its omission – between State violence and torture against migrants. The chapter examines the case of the Spanish State’s failure to protect migrant victims of torture’s rights, as well as the physical aggression at borders, by which migrants are subjected to different forms of violence by the migration control apparatus.
dc.relation.ispartof	Società e trasformazioni sociali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-01-11
dc.dateAccepted	2022-06-01
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-05-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-636-7/torture-migration-and-state-violence-in-contempora/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-635-0/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9085
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9689
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-636-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-635-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Asylum Seekers
dc.subject	Asylum seekers
dc.subject	Migration
dc.subject	Neglect
dc.subject	Spain
dc.subject	Torture
dc.subject	Violence

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Torture, Migration, and State Violence in Contemporary Spain

Olga Jubany Universitat de Barcelona, Espanya

Alèxia Rué Universitat de Barcelona, Espanya

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Whilst torture is an age-old phenomenon, prevalent in Western societies since the oldest available records, the twentieth century brought about significant transformations in its conceptualisation. Torture remains the subject of complex and controversial debates, both from academic, political, and legal approaches. Dwelling on the current problematisations of this concept that recognises torture within the logic of its social production, this text explores the connection – and its omission – between State violence and torture against migrants. The chapter examines the case of the Spanish State’s failure to protect migrant victims of torture’s rights, as well as the physical aggression at borders, by which migrants are subjected to different forms of violence by the migration control apparatus.

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Jan. 11, 2023

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June 1, 2022

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May 11, 2022

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978-88-6969-636-7

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978-88-6969-635-0

Keywords: Torture • Asylum seekers • Violence • Neglect • Migration • Asylum Seekers • Spain

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