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The UN committee Against torture : an assessment / by Chris Ingelse.

Title
The UN committee Against torture : an assessment / by Chris Ingelse.
Author
Ingelse, Chris, 1965-
Publication
The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law, c2001.

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United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Description
xviii, 464 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Uniform Title
Rol van het Comité in de ontwikkeling van het VN-verdrag tegen foltering
Alternative Title
Rol van het Comité in de ontwikkeling van het VN-verdrag tegen foltering
Subject
  • United Nations. Committee against Torture > History
  • Torture (International law) > History
Genre/Form
  • Kommission gegen Folter.
  • History
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Translation of the author's dissertation written in Dutch, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1999.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-438) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The evolution towards an international ban on torture -- Background and development of the Convention against Torture -- The Committee against Torture -- The reporting system -- The inquiry into systematic torture -- Complaints procedures -- The definition of torture -- Prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment -- Non-refoulement when at risk of being subjected to torture -- Criminal enforcement -- Victims of torture -- Convention against Torture
ISBN
9041116508 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001038214
OCLC
47142222
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library