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100	1		_aRodley, Nigel S.
245	1	4	_aThe treatment of prisoners under international law / _cNigel S. Rodley.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aOxford : _bClarendon Press, _c1999.
300			_axxix, 479 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPreface 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
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aPolitical prisoners _xLegal status, laws, etc.
650		0	_aTorture.
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