Preventing Torture
A Study of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Malcolm D. Evans and Rod Morgan
Price: £85.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-826257-2
Publication date: 24 September 1998
512 pages, 234x156 mm
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| 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.' - Donald W. Jackson, Dept of Political Science, Texas Christian University, The Law and Politics Books Review, vol 9, no 7, July
1999
- '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.' - H. Tolley, University of Cincinnati, CHOICE, Sept 99
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| Description | | - An innovative international law and social science collaborative study
- Contains historical and contemporary studies of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in custody
- Extensive analysis of an expanding Europe as a Human Rights collective entity
- Both authors are well respected in their fields and have written widely
| | In the 19th century the prohibition of judicial torture was celebrated as a triumph of civilisation. But in the aftermath of the 2nd World War it was necessary for the International community to re-emphasise, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its abhorrence of torture: the proscription of torture became part of international customary law. But torture by agents of contemporary
states persists, not least in the heart of Europe where reliance on the use of custody is growing once again. This pathbreaking documentary and empirical study - of a kind rarely undertaken in the field of international human rights law - 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 Council of Europe member states have given a Strasbourg-based Committee of experts an almost unfettered hand to examine their places of custody and report on what they find. The authors, an international lawyer and a criminologist, bring their
different analytical perspectives to bear on this innovative human rights mechanism. The authors consider the nature of torture in the late 20th century and, given the pervasive culture of denial, the difficulties in combating it. They argue that utilitarian justifications for torture lurk just beneath the surface of modern liberal democratic state practice. They describe the background to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, examine the text and the modus operandi of the Committee, set the CPT's standards against those of other international bodies and discuss how the work of the Committee should best be carried forward in an enlarged and increasingly diverse European community of nations. |
Readership: Researchers and practitioners of international and human rights law. Criminologists and scholars of international relations. Members of Human Rights Organisations and NGOs; policy makers and political scientists.
| Contents |
Table of Cases
Table of Principal Treaties, Declarations, Codes of Conduct, and other International Instruments
1.
The Decline and Re-emergence of Torture
2.
Torture and the Liberal Democratic State: Three Modern Case Studies
3.
The Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
4.
The Origins and Drafting of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
5.
The CPT: membership, Back-up Services, and Modus Operandi
6.
Findings of Ill-Treatment
7.
Police Custody: Procedural Safeguards
8.
Conditions of Detention
9.
Current Assessment and Future Prospects
Appendices
1.
Texts
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Explanatory Report
3.
Rules of Procedure
4.
Tables of Signatures and Ratifications
5.
Lists of CPT Visits and of Resulting Reports and Responses, 1990-97
6.
CPT membership
7.
CPT Statements of Standards
8.
CPT Document Citation
Bibliography
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Malcolm D. Evans, Reader in International Law and
Rod Morgan, Professor of Criminal Justice, and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice, both at the University of Bristol
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