TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rodley,Nigel S.
TI  - The treatment of prisoners under international law
SN  - 0198265646
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Political prisoners
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Torture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - This book deals with a specialized area of international law relating to prisoners and some of the worst abuses they may be subjected to such as torture, enforced disappearance, 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. This edition reflects the extensive legal and institutional developments that have taken place in the last twelve years
ER  -