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Author: Christine Bicknell Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287189099 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 332
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A comprehensive insight into the valuable work carried out by one of the Council of Europe’s highly influential mechanisms, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Since its inception in 1989, specialist members of the CPT (lawyers, prosecutors, prison experts, doctors, psychiatrists, etc.) have visited thousands of police stations, prisons, immigration detention centres, psychiatric hospitals and other places of detention all over Europe, to monitor the living conditions (hygiene, provision of food and drink, health care, etc.) of those being detained. Following these visits, the CPT issues reports suggesting improvements and laying down standards. The purpose of this book is twofold. In the first part, the authors explain the background and origins of the CPT, its membership and modus operandi, as well as how it interacts with other bodies, such as the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). In the second part, the authors describe the CPT’s key findings and standards in the main situations of deprivation of liberty (police, prison, immigration detention, mental health and social care). In a detailed appendix, the authors provide summaries of the key CPT findings for the 47 states visited by the CPT.
Author: Christine Bicknell Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287189099 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 332
Book Description
A comprehensive insight into the valuable work carried out by one of the Council of Europe’s highly influential mechanisms, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Since its inception in 1989, specialist members of the CPT (lawyers, prosecutors, prison experts, doctors, psychiatrists, etc.) have visited thousands of police stations, prisons, immigration detention centres, psychiatric hospitals and other places of detention all over Europe, to monitor the living conditions (hygiene, provision of food and drink, health care, etc.) of those being detained. Following these visits, the CPT issues reports suggesting improvements and laying down standards. The purpose of this book is twofold. In the first part, the authors explain the background and origins of the CPT, its membership and modus operandi, as well as how it interacts with other bodies, such as the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). In the second part, the authors describe the CPT’s key findings and standards in the main situations of deprivation of liberty (police, prison, immigration detention, mental health and social care). In a detailed appendix, the authors provide summaries of the key CPT findings for the 47 states visited by the CPT.
Author: Rachel H. Murray Publisher: ISBN: 0199602190 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 262
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The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty. It also requires states to set up independent national bodies to visit places of detention. This book, drawing upon events held and interviews with governments, civil society, members of UN treaty bodies, national visiting bodies and others, identifies key factors that have shaped the operation of these visiting bodies since OPCAT came into force in 2006. It looks in detail at the background to the adoption of the Protocol, as well as how the international committee, the SPT, has carried out its mandate in its first few years. It examines the range of places of detention that could be visited by these bodies, and the expectations placed on the national visiting bodies themselves. The book also places the OPCAT within the broader system of torture prevention in the UN and elsewhere and identifies a range of trends arising from the different geographical regions. As well as providing an insight into its work, this detailed examination of OPCAT also provides valuable lessons for other new human rights treaties such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, which have similar provisions concerning national mechanisms.
Author: Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004412743 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 2081
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The Yearbook of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture offers an essential annual overview of developments in relation to the ECPT. Part One contains information on ratifications and other such issues in the authentic English and French texts. Part Two has details in English and French of the membership and activities of the Convention. Part Three reprints the twenty fourth annual General Report of the ECPT, covering the period 1 August 2013 - 31 December 2014, in the official English and French texts. Part Four contains the ECPT's reports to States and the State responses thereto that were made public during the year in question. The ECPT's reports are published in the official English and/or French texts and State responses in the English and/or French versions submitted by the States concerned. Bilingual English and French; 3-volume set.
Author: Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: 9287159823 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 133
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This publication examines the rules in force in Europe governing prisons and the treatment of prisoners, including the use of force, the selection of prison staff and the protection of prisoners' human rights, based on Recommendation Rec (2006) 2 on the European Prison Rules (which was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in January 2006). It contains the text of the recommendation with a detailed commentary on it, together with a report which considers recent developments and analyses the effectiveness of these rules and of imprisonment as a form of punishment.
Author: Wouter Vandenhole Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317669738 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 453
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Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children’s rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies. This handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people in the theory and practice of children’s rights. The volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to children’s rights, as well as key thematic issues in children’s rights at the intersection of global and local concerns. The main approaches and topics within the volume are: • Law, social work, and the sociology of childhood and anthropology • Geography, childhood studies, gender studies and citizenship studies • Participation, education and health • Juvenile justice and alternative care • Violence against children and female genital mutilation • Child labour, working children and child poverty • Migration, indigenous children and resource exploitation The specially commissioned chapters have been written by renowned scholars and researchers and come together to provide a critical and invaluable guide to the challenges and dilemmas currently facing children’s rights.
Author: M. S. Groenhuijsen Publisher: Maklu ISBN: 9046603679 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 250
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On July 1, 2010, Prof. Dr. Anton van Kalmthout retired as a professor of the chair for 'Deprivation of Liberty in Criminal Law and Migration Law' at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. The Department of Criminal Law felt the need to honor van Kalmthout's emeritus status and recognize his contribution to legal science, in particular to the field of criminal law and migration law. This festschrift contains 23 contributions by authors who all have a personal and professional relationship with Anton van Kalmthout. The contributions include: Migrants' Choice for a Voluntary Return from Detention * Drug Policies in Europe * Exclusion of Ex-KhAD/WAD Members in the Netherlands * Entry, Return, Detention: Different Standards in Judicial Protection? * The Association Internationale de Droit Penal and the Establishment of the International Criminal Court * Where Do We Go from Here? Current Trends in Developing Juvenile Justice in Europe * Foreign Prisoners and Probation: To Discriminate or Not? * Introduction of the New York Double Strategy to Control Organized Crime in the Netherlands and the European Union * Special Minimum Sentences and Community Service in Contemporary Dutch Criminal Law * A Letter to Anton * Food for Thought: The CPT and Force-feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike * Implementation of Framework Decisions on the Enforcement of Foreign Criminal Judgments: (How) Can the Aim of Resocialization Be Achieved? * Deprivation of Illegally Obtained Advantage and the Shifting Burden of Proof * Sex at Catholic Boarding Schools and in Other Situations of Dependence * Just a Question of Decency * The Requirement of the Offender's Consent to Community Service * About the Human Rights Success Stories of the Council of Europe: Some Reflections on the Impact of the CPT upon the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights * A God Without Speech: Notes from Limbo * Evaluation of Closed Criminal Cases in the Netherlands: A Unique Experiment * Recent Developments on Euthanasia in the Netherlands after the Adoption of the 2001 Termination of Life on Request and Assistance in Suicide (Review Procedures) Act * The Protection of Detainees in Police Cells in the Netherlands Antilles and the Role of the CPT * A Humane Rule of Law * Release from Life Imprisonment: A Comparative Note on the Role of Pre-Release Decision Making in England and Germany
Author: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Publisher: Council of Europe ISBN: Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 84
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During the 20 years of its existence, The CPT (European Committee For The Prevention of Torture) has carried out some 270 visits to detention places in 47 European States. In its 19th General Report the CPT looks back over two decades of combating torture and ill-treatment in Europe. it discusses the achievements to date - the concrete improvements brought about And The standards developed - as well as the challenges which lie ahead.The report gives a detailed snapshot of the CPT's activities over the last twelve months. Highlights from recently published visit reports and government responses are also provided; they offer an insight into some of the major issues with which the Committee is confronted during its work And The approaches of States to address them. A specific section describes the safeguards that should be offered to irregular migrants deprived of their liberty, with a special emphasis on the situation of children. The report will be of interest to all those who are concerned by the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty, whether in prisons, juvenile detention centres, police stations, holding centres for immigration detainees, psychiatric hospitals, social welfare institutions or any other institution.
Author: Christine Bicknell
Author: Christine Bicknell
Author: Rachel H. Murray
Author: Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe
Author: Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers
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Author: Wouter Vandenhole
Author: Council of Europe
Author: M. S. Groenhuijsen
Author: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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