Protecting Prisoners: The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Context by Rod MorganProtecting Prisoners: The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Context by Rod Morgan

Protecting Prisoners: The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in…

byRod Morgan, Malcolm D. Evans

Hardcover | August 15, 1999

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Prisoners are a uniquely vulnerable social group and protecting them from oppressive states has given rise to a complex web of standards generated by a variety of international mechanisms and processes. Protecting Prisoners examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet devised--those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)---and relates them to those of other European and United Nations bodies. The book also examines the reaction of selectedCouncil of Europe member states---Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom---to the application of those standards in CPT reports. This dual perspective provides a critical insight into the degree to which the development of international human rights law is havinga practical impact on the situation of prisoners.
Rod Morgan is Professor of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Bristol.
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Title:Protecting Prisoners: The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in…Format:HardcoverPublished:August 15, 1999Publisher:Oxford University PressLanguage:English

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ISBN - 10:0198298218

ISBN - 13:9780198298212

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Table of Contents

1. Malcolm Evans and Rod Morgan: The CPT: An Introduction2. Rod Morgan and Malcolm Evans: CPT Standards: An Overview3. Wolfgang Peukert: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights4. Jim Murdoch: CPT Standards within the Context of the Council of Europe5. Walter Suntinger: CPT and Other International Standards6. Eric Prokosch: Amnesty International's 12-point Programme for the Prevention of Torture: An Example of NGO Standard Setting7. Stephan Parmentier: The Validity and Impact of CPT Standards with Regard to Belgium8. Roland Bank: The CPT in France9. Agnes Kover: A Critical Review of the CPT's Visit to Hungary10. Piet Van Reenan: Inspection and Quality Control: The CPT in The Netherlands11. Semih Gemalmaz: The CPT and Turkey12. Stephan Shaw: The CPT's Visits to the United KingdomAppendices

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`The two volumes represent the crowning achievement of a decade of exemplary practically-oriented scholarship by Professors Morgan and Evans... Protecting Prisoners is a well thought through and coherent volume.'Interights