18 daughter might suddenly not return from school. She has had to work very hard to raise her daughter, as it is not very easy to be both mother and father. This has led her to share less time with her and has made her unable to attend all her school activities. At school her daughter is very studious, very intelligent, but to avoid making her family suffer she keeps things to herself, her grief and her feelings, because she sees that her family is suffering. For example, last year she had a health problem that seemed to be a dermatological problem, but that ultimately turned out to be due to tension. Therefore she has been attending sessions with a psychiatrist, but this therapy has not yet ended, as she still needs professional help. * * h. * Expert opinion of Inge Genefke, a neurologist and an expert in treatment and prevention of torture She has worked in rehabilitation of torture victims in the framework of the United Nations and of the Council of Europe. She is the founder of organizations that work on this topic. The international definition of torture, according to Article 1 of the United Nations Convention against Torture, describes important aspects to establish whether certain acts can be considered torture, i.e.: there must be severe physical or mental suffering or damage, inflicted intentionally; there must be a motivation and it must be committed by persons linked to power, such as officers or policemen. In the instant case she had access to a video on what happened, in addition to various written sources and conversations with the next of kin of the alleged victims. By this means, she observed how the minors were trampled, hooded, taken by the hair and then put and locked into a car. Later, they were beaten and subsequently murdered. The minors suffered both physically and psychologically and there was a purpose behind it. The facts of the case fulfill the criteria regarding torture, according to the aforementioned international standards. The concept of a “secondary victim” refers to the closest members of the family who, after the torture episode, suffer and in fact have secondary consequences. In this case, the family has suffered. The way they were shown the bodies, with no prior preparation, was a traumatic shock. Even today they are under the effects of that suffering. In this sense, the next of kin of the alleged victims may be called “secondary victims.” The authorities persecuted the family instead of helping them. The younger brother of the alleged victims, Miguel, was a completely healthy child. He suffered a severe psychological disturbance and had difficulties with everything: he could not sleep, he cried, he had to stay alone at home without having friends, he had a “horrible” life. Furthermore, none of the next