The treatment of prisoners under international law
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The treatment of prisoners under international law
Clarendon Press, 1999
2nd ed
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Includes index
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This book deals with a specialized area of international law relating to prisoners, especially as regards the worst abuses to which they may be subject, such as torture, enforced disappearance and summary and arbitrary executions, as well as capital and corporal punishment. It is mainly a study in international human rights law, but also draws extensively on international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The first edition charted this subject and this edition reflects the extensive legal and institutional developments that have taken place in the last twelve years. It has been relied on as the standard reference book by scholars, practitioners, government officials and human rights organization workers, as well as professionals in inter-governmental organizations.
Table of Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- General Introduction
- 1. The Response of the United Nations General Assembly to the Challenge of Torture
- 2. The Legal Prohibition of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
- 3. What Constitutes Torture and Other Ill-Treatment?
- 4. The Legal Consequences of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
- 5. International Remedies for Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
- 6. Extra-legal Executions
- 7. The Death Penalty
- 8. 'Disappeared' Prisoners: Unacknowledged Detention
- 9. Conditions of Imprisonment or Detention
- 10. Corporal Punishment
- 11. Guarantees Against Abuses of the Human Person
- 12. International Codes of Ethics for Professionals
- 13. General Conclusions - An Agenda
- Appendices
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