Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 41
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Severe psychological abuse is used in the Islamic Republic of Iran to extract details of prisoners' sexual relations and, under threat of public disclosure blackmailing them to confess to charges of espionage. Other tactics are intimidation, verbal abuse during interrogation and branding the victim as illegitimate, or being born as a result of or practising prostitution.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences