The United Nations Convention against torture : a commentary /
Manfred Nowak, Elizabeth McArthur ; with the contribution of Kerstin Buchinger [and others].
- xxvi, 1649 pages ; 24 cm.
- Oxford commentaries on international law .
- Oxford commentaries on international law. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1503-1549) and index.
Part I. Substantive Articles -- Part II. Procedural Articles -- Part III. Final Clauses -- --Part I. General Principles -- Part II. Subcommittee On Prevention -- Part III. Mandate Of The Subcommittee On Prevention -- Part IV. National Preventive Mechanisms -- Part V. Declaration -- Part VI. Financial Provisions -- Part VII. Final Provisions -- -- Introduction -- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Preamble -- -- Substantive Articles -- Definition of Torture -- Obligation to Prevent Torture -- Principle of Non-Refoulement -- Obligation to Criminalize Torture -- Types of Jurisdiction over the Offence of Torture -- Procedural Safeguards During the Preliminary Investigation Phase -- Aut Dedere aut Iudicare -- The Convention as a Basis for Extradition -- Mutual Judicial Assistance -- Training of Personnel -- Review of Interrogation and Prison Rules -- Ex Officio Investigations -- Right of Victims to Complain -- Right of Torture Victims to Adequate Remedy and Reparation -- Non-Admissibility of Evidence Extracted by Torture -- Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- -- Procedural Articless -- Committee against Torture -- Rules of Procedure -- State Reporting Procedure -- Inquiry Procedure -- Inter-State Communications -- Individual Complaints Procedure -- Privileges and Immunities -- Annual Report -- -- Final Clauses -- Signature and Ratification -- Accession and Succession -- Entry into Force -- Opting-Out of the Inquiry Procedure -- Amendment -- Settlement of Disputes -- Denunciation -- Notification by the Secretary-General -- Authentic Texts -- Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Part II. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Part III. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Preamble -- -- General Principles -- System of Preventive Visits to Places of Detention -- Establishment of a UN Subcommittee on Prevention -- Establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism -- Obligation to allow Preventive Visits to all Places of Detention -- -- Subcommittee On Prevention -- Size and Composition of the Subcommittee on Prevention -- Nomination of Subcommittee Members -- Election of the Subcommittee -- Filling of Vacancies -- Term of Office -- Rules of Procedures -- -- Mandate Of The Subcommittee On Prevention -- Mandate of the Subcommittee -- Obligations of States parties to Cooperate with the Subcommittee -- Obligation of the Subcommittee concerning Country Missions -- Obligation of States Parties to Facilitate Visits by the Subcommittee to Places of Detention -- Prohibition of Sanctions against any Source of Information of the Subcommittee -- Reports of the Subcommittee -- -- National Preventive Mechanisms -- National Preventive Mechanisms -- Independence, Pluralism and Efficiency of National Preventive Mechanisms -- Mandate and Power of National Preventive Mechanisms -- Obligations of States Parties to Facilitate Visits by the National Preventive Mechanisms -- Prohibition of Sanctions against any Source of Information of the NPM -- Obligation of States Parties to Examine the Recommendations of National Preventive Mechanisms -- Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism -- -- Declaration -- Temporary Opting-Out Declaration -- -- Financial Provisions -- Financing of the Subcommittee -- Special Fund -- -- Final Provisions -- Signature, Ratification and Accession -- Entry into Force -- Validity in Federal States -- Prohibition of Reservations -- Relation to Regional Systems of Preventive Visits to Places of Detention -- Relation to the International Committee of the Red Cross -- Denunciation -- Amendments -- Privileges and Immunities -- Obligations of Members of the Subcommittee during Country Missions -- Authentic Texts -- Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part III. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Part IV. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Part V. 24. Part VI. 25. 26. Part VII. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Appendices -- -- A. Texts relating to the Convention Against Torture -- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Draft Convention Texts -- Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Objections Relating to the Convention -- -- B. Texts established by the Committee against Torture -- Rules of Procedure of the Committee -- Guidelines on Reporting -- a) Guidelines on the Form and Content of Initial Reports under 19 to be submitted by States Parties to the Convention Against Torture -- b) General Guidelines Regarding the Form and Contents of Periodic Reports to be submitted by States Parties under 19, Paragraph 1 of the Convention -- Terms of Reference of the Rapporteurs -- a) Terms of Reference of the Rapporteur on New Complaints and Interim Measures -- b) Terms of Reference of the Rapporteur on Follow-up of Decisions on Complaints Submitted under 22 -- General Comment No. 1 -- Model Communication -- Standard Secretariat Response to Registered Individual Communications -- -- C. Charts and Tables -- Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Objections Relating to the Convention -- State Reports -- Members of the Committee Against Torture since 1988 -- Individual Complaints -- Individual Complaints Procedure under 22 -- UN Documents Concerning the Convention Against Torture -- a) List of Documents issued for the Committee Against Torture during the Respective Reporting Period -- b) Summary Records of Meetings of the Committee Against Torture -- c) Documents of States Parties' Meetings -- d) Summary Records of States Parties' Meetings -- e) Annual Reports -- -- D. Texts relating to the Optional Protocol -- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Draft Optional Protocol Texts -- -- E. Charts and Tables -- Optional Protocol - Status of Ratifications -- Members of the Subcommittee. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 1. 2.
"The prohibition of torture - the right to physical and mental integrity - is guaranteed in the strongest terms under international law. It is protected as an absolute right, non-derogable even in times of war or public emergency under many human rights treaties and is also generally accepted as a part of customary international law and even ius cogens. "--Publisher's website.
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984 December 10)
Torture (International law) Torture--Prevention Human rights.