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The treatment of prisoners under international law
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The treatment of prisoners under international law

Author: Nigel S Rodley; Matt Pollard
Publisher: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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This book deals with atrocities that are committed against people who cannot defend themselves: torture, murder, enforced disappearance. It also deals with similar practices such as corporal  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nigel S Rodley; Matt Pollard
ISBN: 9780199215072 0199215073 9780199693566 0199693560
OCLC Number: 321014207
Description: li, 697 p. ; 25 cm.
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 mechanisms against torture and other ill-treatment --
Extra-legal executions --
The death penalty --
Enforced disappearance of 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.
Responsibility: Nigel Rodley with Matt Pollard.
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This is a remarkable work, well-written and superbly researched. AJ Bullier, Revue de Droit International et de Droit Compare

 
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