Author: Manfred NowakPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198846177
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1361
Book Description
"Published with the support of Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 644-G."
The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Its Optional Protocol
Author: Manfred NowakPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198846177
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1361
Book Description
"Published with the support of Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 644-G."
The United Nations Convention Against Torture
Author: Manfred NowakPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199280001
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1649
Book Description
This volume provides a thorough commentary on the articles of the Convention against Torture, with historical context and analysis of relevant case law from monitoring bodie and international, regional and domestic courts.
Non-Refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture
Author: Fanny De WeckPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004311491
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
This volume offers a comprehensive analysis and comparison of the case law and practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Committee against Torture in individual cases concerning the principle of non-refoulement. It covers both procedural and material aspects relevant in expulsion and extradition cases submitted by individuals under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or Article 3 of the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The book is a particularly helpful tool for asylum lawyers, human rights advocates, and other practitioners. It is also a reference work of significant value to scholars interested in non-refoulement under both conventions and in the context of human rights or refugee law in general.
United Nations Committee Against Torture
Author: Chris IngelsePublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9789041116505
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
3.4 Ad Hoc Reports.
The United Nations Convention Against Torture
Author: H. DaneliusPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004478302
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The Power of Human Rights
Author: Thomas RissePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521658829
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In Tunisia and Morocco.
Research Handbook on Torture
Author: Malcolm D. EvansPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1788113969
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This Research Handbook is of great importance in an era where torture, whilst universally condemned, remains endemic. It explores the nature of the international prohibition of torture and the various means and mechanisms which have been put in place by the international community in an attempt to make that prohibition a reality.
Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination
Author: Nicolás M. PerronePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198862148
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book brings a new perspective to the subject of international investment law, by tracing the origins of foreign investor rights. It shows how a group of business leaders, bankers, and lawyers in the mid-twentieth century paved the way for our current system of foreign investment relations, and the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Torture in international law : a guide to jurisprudence
Author: Association pour la prévention de la torture (Genève)Publisher:
ISBN: 9782940337279
Category : Torture (International law)
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The United Nations and Human Rights
Author: Philip AlstonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198298374
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
This book analyses the UN's contribution to international human rights, and the desire to ensure that governments are held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others. This book offers a comprehensive and expert analysis and critique of UN instruments and organs, and of the new UN Human Rights Council.