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

by Malcolm D. Evans, Rod Morgan

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198262572
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/14/1999
Edition description:	Teacher ed.
Pages:	506
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1840L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Table of CasesTable of Principal Treaties, Declarations, Codes of Conduct, and other International Instruments1. The Decline and Re-emergence of Torture2. Torture and the Liberal Democratic State: Three Modern Case Studies3. The Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment4. The Origins and Drafting of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment5. The CPT: membership, Back-up Services, and Modus Operandi6. Findings of Ill-Treatment7. Police Custody: Procedural Safeguards8. Conditions of Detention9. Current Assessment and Future ProspectsAppendices1. Texts2. Explanatory Report3. Rules of Procedure4. Tables of Signatures and Ratifications5. Lists of CPT Visits and of Resulting Reports and Responses, 1990-976. CPT membership7. CPT Statements of Standards8. CPT Document CitationBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"This is an excellent book on an emerging institution that is as yet little known, particularly in the United States. It is especially recommended for those, such as NGO lawyers and activists, who have a keen interest in this important but little studied subject."—The Law and Politics Book Review

"...an intelligent, thoroughly informative account....This highly recommended reference for human rights scholars and students should also inform general readers in Europe and beyond."—Choice

From the Publisher

This is an excellent book on an emerging institution that is as yet little known, particularly in the United States. It is especially recommended for those, such as NGO lawyers and activists, who have a keen interest in this important but little studied subject.
— Law and Politics Book Review

Donald W. Jackson