The United Nations Convention Against Torture
Title | The United Nations Convention Against Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Manfred Nowak |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 1649 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780199280001 |
This volume provides a thorough commentary on the articles of the Convention against Torture, with historical context and analysis of relevant case law from monitoring bodie and international, regional and domestic courts.
The United Nations Convention Against Torture
Title | The United Nations Convention Against Torture PDF eBook |
Author | H. Danelius |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 283 |
Release | 2021-09-27 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004478302 |
The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Its Optional Protocol
Title | The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Its Optional Protocol PDF eBook |
Author | Manfred Nowak |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 1361 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0198846177 |
"Published with the support of Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 644-G."
The U.N. Convention on Torture and the Prospects for Enforcement
Title | The U.N. Convention on Torture and the Prospects for Enforcement PDF eBook |
Author | A. Boulesbaa |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2021-09-27 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004481729 |
This text assesses the suitability of the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (hereinafter referred to as the Torture Convention) as a means of protecting and enforcing the right to be free from torture. Evaluation of the Convention's ability to attain these ends is undertaken through a critical commentary on its substantive and enforcement provisions and on other human rights instruments.
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture
Title | The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Murray |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2011-08-11 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0191029742 |
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty. It also requires states to set up independent national bodies to visit places of detention. This book, drawing upon events held and interviews with governments, civil society, members of UN treaty bodies, national visiting bodies and others, identifies key factors that have shaped the operation of these visiting bodies since OPCAT came into force in 2006. It looks in detail at the background to the adoption of the Protocol, as well as how the international committee, the SPT, has carried out its mandate in its first few years. It examines the range of places of detention that could be visited by these bodies, and the expectations placed on the national visiting bodies themselves. The book also places the OPCAT within the broader system of torture prevention in the UN and elsewhere and identifies a range of trends arising from the different geographical regions. As well as providing an insight into its work, this detailed examination of OPCAT also provides valuable lessons for other new human rights treaties such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, which have similar provisions concerning national mechanisms.
Non-Refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture
Title | Non-Refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Fanny De Weck |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 548 |
Release | 2016-10-07 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004311491 |
This book offers a comprehensive analysis and comparison of the practice and case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Committee against Torture in the assessment of individual complaints concerning the principle of non-refoulement.
The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ECHR and the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Title | The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ECHR and the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | Eman Hamdan |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2016-06-02 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004319395 |
This book examines the protection against refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture. It provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the non-refoulement case-law of both the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Committee against Torture.