Protecting Prisoners

The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Context
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-829821-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morgan, Rod

Evans, Malcolm D.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Malcolm Evans and Rod Morgan: The CPT: An Introduction

- 2: Rod Morgan and Malcolm Evans: CPT Standards: An Overview

- 3: Wolfgang Peukert: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights

- 4: Jim Murdoch: CPT Standards within the Context of the Council of Europe

- 5: Walter Suntinger: CPT and Other International Standards

- 6: Eric Prokosch: Amnesty International's 12-point Programme for the Prevention of Torture: An Example of NGO Standard Setting

- 7: Stephan Parmentier: The Validity and Impact of CPT Standards with Regard to Belgium

- 8: Roland Bank: The CPT in France

- 9: Agnes Kover: A Critical Review of the CPT's Visit to Hungary

- 10: Piet Van Reenan: Inspection and Quality Control: The CPT in The Netherlands

- 11: Semih Gemalmaz: The CPT and Turkey

- 12: Stephan Shaw: The CPT's Visits to the United Kingdom

- Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

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