Understanding Torture Practices during Armed Conflict: The Case of Peru
GPS Member Dr Steven Zech (Monash University, Politics and International Relations) co-authored "Understanding Torture Practices during Armed Conflict: The Case of Peru" with Christopher Einolf, recently published in the Journal of Global Security Studies.
GPS Member Dr Steven Zech (Monash University, Politics and International Relations) co-authored "Understanding Torture Practices during Armed Conflict: The Case of Peru" with Christopher Einolf, recently published in the Journal of Global Security Studies. Drawing on detailed incident-level data and insights from over a decade of fieldwork between 2011 and 2022, the article examines how and why armed actors used torture during Peru's internal armed conflict, and what patterns emerge in its practice across different perpetrators. Dr. Zech has also written a companion summary article for the research for the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), unpacking what Peru's civil war reveals about torture during armed conflict.
The article builds on Dr Zech's long-running research on political violence and civilian resistance during conflict, including his current book project, Between Two Fires: Narratives, Wartime Violence, and Civilian Self-Defense in Peru. His research on the topic was previously awarded the Terrorism Research Initiative's (TRI) 2017 award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies.