Preventing Torture: A Study of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

ISBN-13: 9780198262572 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 512 str.

Malcolm Evans; Rod Morgan; Rod Morgan

Opis

This pathbreaking documentary and empirical study considers in detail the work of the latest actor on the international stage attempting to prevent torture. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the CPT), established in 1989, represents a new phase in international human rights intervention. The authors, an international lawyer and a criminologist, bring their different analytical perspectives to bear on this innovative human rights mechanism.

Recenzje

an intelligent, thoroughly informative account of European efforts to prevent torture and inhumane conditions of confinement ... The authors' impressive research on the confidential procedure employs original sources and interviews to present a comprehensive overview of an initial eight-year period ... The study adds immeasurably to earlier work by effectively summarizing previously reported details of treaty negotiation to examine implementation ... This highly recommended reference for human rights scholars and students should also inform general readers in Europe and beyond.

O autorze

Malcolm Evans is Reader in International Law at the University of Bristol. Rod Morgan is Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice at the University of Bristol.