The U.N.investigators agree that torture in secret places of detention might be useful in eliciting information.

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In a 2011 submission to the U.N Committee Against Torture, Justice for Magdalenes highlighted the dire situation in which many of the survivors still find themselves, years later.

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The U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Juan E.

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Mendez, the U.N. special rapporteur, has called solitary confinement torture.

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