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The treatment of prisoners under international law /

Rodley, Nigel S.

The treatment of prisoners under international law / Nigel Rodley with Matt Pollard. - 3rd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - li, 697 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-661) and index.

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.

9780199215072 0199215073

2009023535

GBA946980 bnb

015180753 Uk


Political prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
Torture.

K5519 / .ROD 2009

341.6/5