Protecting Prisoners

The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Context

Rod Morgan, Malcolm D. Evans (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

314 Seiten

1999
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-829821-2 (ISBN)

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This important book examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet devised - those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture - and relates them to those of other European and United Nations bodies. The book also examines the reaction of selected Council of Europe member states to the application of those standards in CPT reports.

Prisoners are a uniquely vulnerable social group and protecting them from oppressive states has given rise to a complex web of standards generated by a variety of international mechanisms and processes.

Protecting Prisoners examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet devised--those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)---and relates them to those of other European and United Nations bodies. The book also examines the reaction of selected Council of Europe member states---Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom---to the application of those standards in CPT reports. This dual perspective provides a critical insight into the degree to which the development of international human rights law is having a practical impact on the situation of prisoners.

Rod Morgan is Professor of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Bristol.

1. The CPT: An Introduction ; 2. CPT Standards: An Overview ; 3. The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights ; 4. CPT Standards within the Context of the Council of Europe ; 5. CPT and Other International Standards ; 6. Amnesty International's 12-point Programme for the Prevention of Torture: An Example of NGO Standard Setting ; 7. The Validity and Impact of CPT Standards with Regard to Belgium ; 8. The CPT in France ; 9. A Critical Review of the CPT's Visit to Hungary ; 10. Inspection and Quality Control: The CPT in The Netherlands ; 11. The CPT and Turkey ; 12. The CPT's Visits to the United Kingdom ; Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1999
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 242 mm
Gewicht	601 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-829821-8 / 0198298218
ISBN-13	978-0-19-829821-2 / 9780198298212
Zustand	Neuware