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GLOSSARY

ABUSE any form of physical or psychological ill-treatment.

ALLEGED VICTIM an individual who claims and/or is suspected to have been harmed by a wrongful act.

CHAIN OF CUSTODY a process enabling the complete history of the custody of an exhibit to be tracked and
(OF AN EXHIBIT) recreated from the time that it was first secured until the present time.

a health professional who provides health-care services and/or conducts clinical
CLINICIAN
evaluations of alleged torture and ill-treatment.
an assessment of physical and/or psychological evidence of alleged torture and/or
CLINICAL EVALUATION
ill-treatment by a clinician.
physical and/or psychological findings relevant to cases of alleged or suspected torture
CLINICAL EVIDENCE
and/or ill-treatment.
information collected in clinical evaluations of physical and/or psychological evaluations
CLINICAL FINDINGS
relevant to alleged torture and ill-treatment.
DETAINEE any person deprived of liberty except as a result of conviction.

DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
relating to or dealing with the application of scientific and clinical knowledge to legal
FORENSIC
issues or the law.
FORENSIC DOCTOR/ for the purposes of this document, a medical doctor/expert who applies scientific and
PHYSICIAN/EXPERT clinical knowledge to legal issues or the law.
any person who has completed a course of study in a field of health. The person is usually
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
licensed by a government agency and/or certified by a professional organization.

ICD International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.
as defined by the Convention against Torture, any form of cruel, inhuman or degrading
ILL-TREATMENT
treatment or punishment.
IMPLEMENTATION OF refers to the process of establishing the conditions necessary for effective investigation and
THE ISTANBUL PROTOCOL documentation of torture and ill-treatment.
the process by which an individual learns about and understands the purpose, benefits and
INFORMED CONSENT potential risks of a (clinical) procedure, including clinical evaluations of alleged torture or
ill-treatment, and then agrees to the procedure.

provisions articulated in annex I of the Istanbul Protocol on the effective investigation and
ISTANBUL PRINCIPLES
documentation of torture and ill-treatment.
ISTANBUL PROTOCOL refers to individuals, groups, organizations and institutions involved in or affected by the
STAKEHOLDERS effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill-treatment.

of or relating to the science or practice of medicine, including physical and psychological
MEDICAL
aspects of medical practice.
health professionals who serve as expert witnesses in legal proceedings on the basis of
MEDICAL/CLINICAL EXPERT professional knowledge and skill and their capacity to apply the Istanbul Principles and
WITNESSES
guidelines in clinical evaluations of alleged torture and ill-treatment.
MEDICO-LEGAL relating to that branch of medicine that relates to the law or legal contexts.

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