The treatment of prisoners under international law / Nigel S. Rodley.

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Rodley, Nigel S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxix, 479 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0198265646
0198265638 (pbk)

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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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	K5514 .R63 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT00693

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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