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“For Such Purposes As”: Towards an Embedded and Embodied Understanding of Torture’s Purpose
State Crime, 2021 Purpose is a constitutive element of torture under article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT). It is increasingly and widely accepted as being the determinative aggravating factor differentiating between torture and forms of cruel, inhuman ...
Ergün Cakal
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Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and the Admissibility of Evidence.
, 1987 Section 24 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe gives the Supreme Court the power to declare any law to be in violation of the Declaration of Rights and hence unconstitutional and invalid. This has not always been the position.
Armstrong, Alice
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THE OBSERVANCE OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS. THE DEATH PENALTY AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS. THE PROHIBITION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN OR DEGRADING PUNISHMENTS [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2018 Corporal punishments by and large and death penalty specifically raise serious problems as to respecting human dignity and the fundamental human rights.
Dorian CHIRIȚĂ
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Human rights infringement against contemporary legal practice in several criminal cases
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica, 2016 Issues connected with protection against tortures or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment are regulated in the European law not only in The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, but also in The Convention ...
Katarzyna Rydz-Sybilak
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Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
, 2019 Abstract This chapter discusses Article 16 of the Convention against Torture, covering the chronology of draft texts, analysis of Working Group discussions, and issues of interpretation. Article 16 mirrors Article 2 and provides a broad obligation of States to prevent cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, or punishment.
Gerrit Zach, Moritz Birk
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Hostage-taking as torture: Alice Edwards’ report to the UN Human Rights Council
TortureThe report A/HRC/58/55 entitled Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: hostage-taking as torture, prepared by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, was submitted to the Human Rights Council
Berta Soley, Pau Pérez-Sales
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F1000Research, 2020 Confidentiality must be ensured even in the preparation and distribution of medications in detention settings. In this respect, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment found during recent ...
Hans Wolff, Nguyen Toan Tran
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito +6 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Integrating eco‐design practices in product development from the start is essential for fashion accessories like bags and backpacks, which involve complex manufacturing, diverse materials, and strong socio‐cultural meanings. Building on this premise and drawing from the Lifecycle Design Strategy Wheel, this study aims to characterize the eco ...
Francesco Paolo Lagrasta +2 more
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Healthcare of detained or arrested individuals [PDF]
Halo 194Over the past thirty years, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has repeatedly visited detention facilities in Serbia and issued observations regarding access to healthcare for ...
Sjeničić Marta, Dajić Nataša
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