The treatment of prisoners under international law
By: Nigel S. Rodley, with Matt Pollard.
Contributors: Pollard, Matt.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199215072
Subjects: Political prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc; Torture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The response of the United Nations General Assembly; title: The legal prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment; title: What constitutes torture and other ill-treatment?; title: The legal consequences of torture and other ill-treatment; title: International mechanisms against torture and other ill-treatment; title: Extra-legal executions; title: The death penalty; title: Enforced disappearance of prisoners: unacknowledged detention; title: Conditions of imprisonment or detention; title: Corporal punishment; title: Guarantees against abuses of the human person: arbitrary arrest and detention; title: International codes of ethics for professionals.