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The treatment of prisoners under international law

Title
The treatment of prisoners under international law / Nigel S. Rodley.
Author
Rodley, Nigel S.
Publication
Paris : Unesco ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

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Description
xxii, 374 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Publisher description: Triggered by the atrocities of World War II, the last few decades have seen an increasing international awareness of the persistence of such practices as torture, abduction and arbitrary, summary, and extrajudical execution committed or tolerated by state agents or officials. The government of the world have, through intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations, been developing a complex and sophisticated set of rules aimed at ensuring the humane treatment of prisoners and allowing intercedence on behalf of prisoners whose personal safety is at risk. This book describes and analyzes the main principles of international law that impose limitations on the ways governments may treat those they deprive of liberty.
Subject
  • Political prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Torture
  • Torture
  • torturing
  • Rechtsschutz
  • Strafgefangener
  • Völkerrecht
  • Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Torture (International law)
  • Droits de l'homme (droit international)
  • Prisonniers > Statut juridique
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The response of the United Nations General Assembly to the challenge of torture -- The legal prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment -- What constitutes torture and other ill-treatment? -- The legal consequences of torture and other ill-treatment -- International remedies for torture -- Extra-legal executions -- The death penalty -- 'Disappeared' prisoners : unacknowledged detention -- Conditions of imprisonment or detention -- Corporal punishment -- Guarantees against abuses of the human person : arbitrary arrest and detention -- International codes of ethics for professionals.
ISBN
  • 0198255519
  • 9780198255512
  • 0198255632
  • 9780198255635
LCCN
86016433
OCLC
  • ocm13861166
  • 13861166
  • SCSB-9017575
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library