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 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Author: Compendium of United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Author: Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations)Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Part Two. HUMAN RIGHTS
Handbook on Prisoner File Management
Author: Publisher: Criminal Justice Handbook
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This handbook discusses the importance of effective prisoner file management, illustrating the consequences of poor or non-existent management. It will be of particular relevance to prison systems that do not have electronic systems for managing files. It outlines the key international human rights standards that apply to prisoner and detainee file management. It also summarizes and illustrates the key requirements of prison systems in relation to prisoner and detainee file management in order to meet international human rights standards and how these might be met.
Human Rights Protection for Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Internally Displaced Persons: A Guide to International Mechanisms and Procedures
Author: Joan FitzpatrickPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004480579
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This volume provides a detailed and concrete analysis of how human rights complaints mechanisms can be accessed by refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons. The guide offers a thorough explanation of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, with a focus upon the four committees authorized to receive communications from individuals. Detailed information is provided concerning procedural requirements, while the treaties are analyzed for their relevance to the forcibly displaced. United Nations mechanisms are also examined, with an emphasis on the thematic and country special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights. Published under the auspices of the Procedual Aspects of International Law Institute (PAIL). For more information about PAIL please go to pail-institute.org . Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
The U.N. Convention on Torture and the Prospects for Enforcement
Author: A. BoulesbaaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004481729
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This text assesses the suitability of the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (hereinafter referred to as the Torture Convention) as a means of protecting and enforcing the right to be free from torture. Evaluation of the Convention's ability to attain these ends is undertaken through a critical commentary on its substantive and enforcement provisions and on other human rights instruments.
Torture and Its Definition in International Law
Author: Metin BaoluPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199374627
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by a group of prominent scholars of behavioral sciences, international law, human rights, and public health. It represents a first ever attempt to compare behavioral science and international law perspectives on definitional issues and promote a sound theory- and evidence-based understanding of torture.
Author: Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring
Author: Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN: 9789211541373
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This manual is one component of a two-part package of materials for training on human rights monitoring for UN human rights officers and other human rights monitors. This training manual provides practical guidance principally for the conduct of human rights monitoring in United Nations field operations, but it may also be useful to other human rights monitors. The two components of the package are designed to complement each other and, taken together, provide the basis for the conduct of programmes for human rights officers in field operations and for other human rights monitors, under the approach developed by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Necessity and National Emergency Clauses
Author: Diane A. DesiertoPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 900421853X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Unveiling the complex dynamic between State sovereignty and necessity doctrine as historically practiced in international political relations, this book proposes analytical criteria to assess the lawfulness and legitimacy of interpretations of necessity and national emergency clauses in specialized treaty regimes.