- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Acknowledgements
- Tables of Cases
- Tables of Legislation
- List of Main Publications of Antonio Cassese
- L'inaccessible étoile
- The Generous Cosmopolitan Taskmaster
- Nino Cassese and the Sparrow's Feet
- A Tribute to Professor Nino Cassese
- An Attempt to Explain a Friendship
- Soliloquy
- 1. Current Trends in the Development of the Law of Armed Conflict
- 2. The Martens Clause: Half a Loaf or Simply Pie in the Sky?
- 3. The Diffusion of Revolutionary Ideas and the Evolution of International Law
- 4. Wars of National Liberation and Humanitarian Law<sup>*</sup>
- 5. Civil War and International Law
- 6. The Spanish Civil War and the Development of Customary Law Concerning Internal Armed Conflicts
- 7. The Status of Rebels under the 1977 Geneva Protocol on Non-International Armed Conflicts
- 8. The Prohibition of Indiscriminate Means of Warfare
- 9. Weapons Causing Unnecessary Suffering: Are They Prohibited?
- 10. Means of Warfare: The Traditional and the New Law
- 11. Powers and Duties of an Occupant in Relation to Land and Natural Resources
- 12. Legal Considerations on the International Status of Jerusalem
- 13. Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 14. Can the Notion of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment be Applied to Socio-Economic Conditions?
- 15. A New Approach to Human Rights: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
- 16. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Comes of Age
- 17. Foreign Economic Assistance and Respect for Civil and Political Rights: Chile—A Case Study
- 18. A ‘Contribution’ by the West to the Struggle against Hunger: The Nestlé Affair
- 19. Remarks on the Present Legal Regulation of Crimes of States
- 20. On the Current Trends towards Criminal Prosecution and Punishment of Breaches of International Humanitarian Law
- 21. The International Community, Terrorism and Human Rights
- 22. Terrorism is also Disrupting Some Crucial Legal Categories of International Law
- 23. Crimes Against Humanity: Comments on Some Problematical Aspects
- 24. Abraham and Antigone: Two Conflicting Imperatives
- 25. The Statute of the International Criminal Court: Some Preliminary Reflections
- Index
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Comes of Age
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Comes of Age
- Chapter:
- (p.364) 16. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Comes of Age
- Source:
- The Human Dimension of International Law
- Author(s):
Antonio Cassese
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The main features of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) are by now well known. The Committee is an international body of inspectors charged with visiting all places in contracting states in which persons are deprived of their liberty by a public authority. This chapter begins with a discussion of the first and second stage of the development of the CPT. It then presents an assessment of its overall performance.
Keywords: Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, torture, human rights
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Acknowledgements
- Tables of Cases
- Tables of Legislation
- List of Main Publications of Antonio Cassese
- L'inaccessible étoile
- The Generous Cosmopolitan Taskmaster
- Nino Cassese and the Sparrow's Feet
- A Tribute to Professor Nino Cassese
- An Attempt to Explain a Friendship
- Soliloquy
- 1. Current Trends in the Development of the Law of Armed Conflict
- 2. The Martens Clause: Half a Loaf or Simply Pie in the Sky?
- 3. The Diffusion of Revolutionary Ideas and the Evolution of International Law
- 4. Wars of National Liberation and Humanitarian Law<sup>*</sup>
- 5. Civil War and International Law
- 6. The Spanish Civil War and the Development of Customary Law Concerning Internal Armed Conflicts
- 7. The Status of Rebels under the 1977 Geneva Protocol on Non-International Armed Conflicts
- 8. The Prohibition of Indiscriminate Means of Warfare
- 9. Weapons Causing Unnecessary Suffering: Are They Prohibited?
- 10. Means of Warfare: The Traditional and the New Law
- 11. Powers and Duties of an Occupant in Relation to Land and Natural Resources
- 12. Legal Considerations on the International Status of Jerusalem
- 13. Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 14. Can the Notion of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment be Applied to Socio-Economic Conditions?
- 15. A New Approach to Human Rights: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
- 16. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Comes of Age
- 17. Foreign Economic Assistance and Respect for Civil and Political Rights: Chile—A Case Study
- 18. A ‘Contribution’ by the West to the Struggle against Hunger: The Nestlé Affair
- 19. Remarks on the Present Legal Regulation of Crimes of States
- 20. On the Current Trends towards Criminal Prosecution and Punishment of Breaches of International Humanitarian Law
- 21. The International Community, Terrorism and Human Rights
- 22. Terrorism is also Disrupting Some Crucial Legal Categories of International Law
- 23. Crimes Against Humanity: Comments on Some Problematical Aspects
- 24. Abraham and Antigone: Two Conflicting Imperatives
- 25. The Statute of the International Criminal Court: Some Preliminary Reflections
- Index
