Tackling Torture

Prevention in Practice

AvMalcolm D. Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it?In this vitally important work, Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture’s root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us to bring about change.The author draws on over ten years’ experience as Chair of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to give a frank account of the remarkable capacities of this system, what it has achieved in practice, or not been able to achieve – and most importantly, why.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-22
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529225693

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Malcolm D. Evans is Principal of Regent’s Park College, Oxford. He was formerly Professor of Public International Law at the University of Bristol and Chair of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture. In 2015, he was appointed KCMG for services to the prevention of torture and the promotion of religious liberty, having previously been awarded the OBE in 2004.

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"Writing eloquently and accessibly, Evans dwells on the readily achievable. This is an essential text for those interested in questions of detention, monitoring and anti-torture." Human Rights Law Review

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1: The Solution1. What Is Torture?2. Why Prevention?3. Establishing the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture4. What the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture Requires5. The Visiting Mandate of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture6. The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and National Preventive MechanismsPart 2: The Problem7. Visits: An Insider’s Story8. Accepting the Unacceptable9. Excusing the Inexcusable10. Prescribing the Inappropriate11. Working with Fictions12. Thinking Positively about Prevention