Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law - The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Informationen zum Autor Elaine Webster is a lecturer in law at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Klappentext This book explores and evaluates the interpretive scope of the prohibition of degrading treatment in order to provide analytical tools to advance the application of the right not to be subjected to cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment in international, regional and domestic human rights law. Zusammenfassung This book explores and evaluates the interpretive scope of the prohibition of degrading treatment in order to provide analytical tools to advance the application of the right not to be subjected to cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment in international, regional and domestic human rights law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements Additional sources Tables of cases Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 DEGRADING TREATMENT WITHIN ARTICLE 3 Chapter 3 FRAMING THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF DEGRADING TREATMENT Chapter 4 UNDERSTANDING THE BENCHMARKS OF DEGRADATION Chapter 5 THE MEANING OF 'TREATMENT' Chapter 6 THE ENDS OF ARTICLE 3: THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE LIMITS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY Chapter 7 FROM DEGRADING TREATMENT TO TORTURE, CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT Chapter 8 CONCLUSION Index

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• Autori: Elaine Webster, Webster Elaine
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138856639
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85663-9
• Pagine: 166
• Serie: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto civile, diritto processuale civile; Sociology, Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / Court Rules, LAW / Civil Rights, social and political philosophy, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law