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STATE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2019
To produce intentional, systematic and cruel physical or mental suffering, acting on their own initiative or on the basis of order, in order to compel certain persons to confess or give information, was defined as torture.
Laurenţia Florentina GĂIŞTEANU (ŞTEFAN)
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20 years on from the Dublin Declaration: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment reporting on the provision of prison needle and syringe programmes in the Council of Europe region

Public Health in Practice
Background: Prisons in Europe remain high-risk environments and conducive for infectious disease transmission, often related to injection drug use. Many infected people living in prison unaware of their infection status (HIV, hepatitis C).
Marie Claire van Hout, Simon Fleißner, Ulla-Britt Klankwarth   +2 more
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UKRAINIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S STANDARDS: HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AND DECENTRALISATION AT THE TIMES OF MILITARISATION

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2023
The subject of the study is the relationship between Ukrainian local government structures, municipal standards set by the Council of Europe, and their intersection with human rights and decentralisation policies, especially in the context of ongoing ...
Vitalii Barvinenko, Natalia Mishyna, Ceyhun Qaracayev   +2 more
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New appointed Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Torture, 2023
News in the 2023(1) issue published in 17.03 ...
Pau Pérez-Sales, Berta Soley
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In Limbo: Divergent Conceptualisations of Ill-treatment by European Courts and the Creation of Non-removable Migrants

European Papers, 2021
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2021 6(2), 1173-1192 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Art. 3 ECHR as an obstacle to deportation. - II.1. Soering and beyond: absolute protection under the ECHR.
Diego Ginés Martín
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Two-Lane Blacktop: Refugees & Torture

Age of Human Rights Journal, 2017
The right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the right of asylum have, individually considered, an extensive field of application", but it is possible to point out some traits in common.
Jesús García Cívico
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Hotărârea Curții Europene a Drepturilor Omului în cauza Epure împotriva României [PDF]

Drepturile Omului, 2021
The subject-matter of the case calls into question the fundamental value of human dignity and its protection in conditions of detention. The central element of human dignity analyzed in the case of Epure vs.
Maria-Beatrice Berna
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Obstacles to torture rehabilitation at Guantánamo Bay

Torture, 2017
This article sets out the legal duty of the United States of America to provide victims of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment (CIDT) the right to full rehabilitation under international law, including those still detained at the facility
James Connell, Alka Pradhan, Margaux Lander   +2 more
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Body Searches of Prisoners in Human Rights Standards: An Evaluation of Iran’s Laws and Regulations [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
IntroductionBody searches, especially strip and cavity searches, inherently violate human dignity and privacy. However, prisons often have no alternative means to prevent the entry of prohibited objects or substances. For this reason, international human
Saman Shafiee
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THE HUMANISM OF CRIMINAL LAW [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2021
The humanism of criminal law is a principle of criminal policy and postmodern criminal law. It is listed in numerous internal and external sources. An international treaty based on the principle of humanism is the Convention against Torture and Other ...
Mihai Adrian HOTCA
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