1st Edition
Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
By Elaine Webster
Copyright 2018
165 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
165 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive scope of degrading treatment. This book argues that the degrading treatment element of the right is a crucial site of analysis, in itself and for... Read more
Preface and acknowledgements
Additional sources
Tables of cases
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 DEGRADING TREATMENT WITHIN ARTICLE 3
Chapter 3 FRAMING THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF DEGRADING TREATMENT
Chapter 4 UNDERSTANDING THE BENCHMARKS OF DEGRADATION
Chapter 5 THE MEANING OF 'TREATMENT'
Chapter 6 THE ENDS OF ARTICLE 3: THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE LIMITS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 7 FROM DEGRADING TREATMENT TO TORTURE, CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT
Chapter 8 CONCLUSION
Index
Biography
Elaine Webster is a lecturer in law at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
