Vincent Iacopino

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Vincent Iacopino
Nationality USA
Occupation medical doctor
Known for an expert on recognizing and treating the after-effects of torture

Vincent Iacopino is an American doctor, who has specialized in the after-effects of torture.[1] He is the author of several books on torture, or that address topics related to torture.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

In 2001 Iacopino wrote a manual on recognizing and treating torture victims for the United Nations.[11]

Iacopino published a paper entitled “Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series” in April 2011.[12]

On February 5, 2013, Iacopino testified, by video link, at the Guantanamo Military Commission for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other Guantanamo captives, who stand accused of managing al Qaeda's attack on September 11, 2001.[1] The Presiding Officer was being asked to consider how the acknowledged torture of the suspects should affect the proceedings.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carol Rosenberg (2013-02-05). "Torture expert testifies at Guantánamo in USS Cole case". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2F2013%2F02%2F05%2F3218515%2Ftorture-expert-testifies-at-guantanamo.html&date=2013-02-06. "A doctor with expertise in torture testified remotely before the war court Tuesday, advising the chief judge how to conduct a no-harm medical examination on an alleged al-Qaida deputy who was waterboarded by the CIA." 
  2. Sidney Jones, Patricia Gossman, Vincent Iacopino (1993). "The Crackdown in Kashmir: Torture of Detainees and Assaults on the Medical Community". Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9781879707139. http://books.google.ca/books?id=i5cRpu6XSLQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  3. Michael Peel, Vincent Iacopino (2002). "The Medical Documentation Of Torture". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781841100685. http://books.google.ca/books?id=4IuBwVfBbowC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  4. Vincent Iacopino. "Assisting Survivors of Torture: Medical Documentation for Political Asylum". Survivors International of Southern California. http://books.google.ca/books?id=W0sqygAACAAJ&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  5. Vincent Iacopino, Erik Holst. "Preventing Torture and Treating Survivors: A Challenge to Health Professionals". Physicians for Human Rights. http://books.google.ca/books?id=PozqtgAACAAJ&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  6. Sidney Jones, Patricia Gossman, Vincent Iacopino (1993). "The Crackdown in Kashmir: Torture of Detainees and Assaults on the Medical Community". Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9781879707139. http://books.google.ca/books?id=i5cRpu6XSLQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  7. Vincent Iacopino (1998). "The Taliban's war on women: a health and human rights crisis in Afghanistan". Physicians for Human Rights. ISBN 9781879707252. http://books.google.ca/books?id=T18FAQAAIAAJ&q=Vincent+Iacopino&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  8. Vincent Iacopino (1999). "War crimes in Kosovo: a population-based assessment of human rights violations against Kosovar Albanians". Physicians for Human Rights. ISBN 9781879707269. http://books.google.ca/books?id=0Hc_AQAAIAAJ&q=Vincent+Iacopino&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  9. Vincent Iacopino, Sidney Jones (1992). ""Bloody May": Excessive Use of Lethal Force in Bangkok : the Events of May 17-20, 1992". Physicians for Human Rights. ISBN 9781879707115. http://books.google.ca/books?id=VRUFAQAAIAAJ&q=Vincent+Iacopino&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  10. Vincent Iacopino (1991). "Unceasing Abuses: Human Rights in Mexico One Year After the Introduction of Reform". Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9781564320407. http://books.google.ca/books?id=eti0FPRlktMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Vincent+Iacopino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBwSUdedCoqryQGfzoGwBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2013-02-06. 
  11. Kevin B. O'Reilly (2011-05-13). "Doctors failed to inquire about Gitmo detainees' injuries, study alleges: Medical professionals treating them did not follow up on evidence of torture, a case review says.". American Medical News. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ama-assn.org%2Famednews%2F2011%2F05%2F09%2Fprsc0513.htm&date=2013-02-06. ""Clearly, there was a practice of avoiding any cause of a symptom or injury that inferred the possibility of intentional harm," said Vincent Iacopino, MD, PhD, lead author of the study and co-author of the U.N.'s 2001 manual on investigating and documenting torture." 
  12. Andy Worthington (2011-04-30). "Study Says Doctors At Guantánamo Neglected Or Concealed Evidence of Torture, Plus My Interview With Press TV – OpEd". Eurasia Review. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurasiareview.com%2F30042011-study-says-doctors-at-guantanamo-neglected-or-concealed-evidence-of-torture-plus-my-interview-with-press-tv-oped%2F&date=2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-02-06. "Just as WikiLeaks is revealing details of the regime of torture, coercion and bribery that was required to create what purported to be evidence at Guantánamo, the peer-reviewed journal journal PloS Medicine published a research article, “Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series,” written by Vincent Iacopino, a senior medical advisor to Physicians for Human Rights, and Stephen Xenakis, a retired US Army Brigadier General, examining the cases of nine former prisoners, “all of whom,” as they say, “alleged torture and ill treatment during detention at the facility.”"