The Treatment of Prisoners Under International Law

The Treatment of Prisoners Under International Law
ISBN-10
0198255519
ISBN-13
9780198255512
Series
The Treatment of Prisoners under International Law
Category
Law / International
Pages
374
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
UNESCO
Author
Nigel S. Rodley

Description

Triggered by the atrocities of World War II, the last few decades have seen an increasing international awareness of the persistence of such practices as torture, abduction and arbitrary, summary, and extrajudical execution committed or tolerated by state agents or officials. The government
of the world have, through intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations, been developing a complex and sophisticated set of rules aimed at ensuring the humane treatment of prisoners and allowing intercedence on behalf of prisoners whose personal saftey is at risk. This book describes and
analyzes the main principles of international law that impose limitations on the ways governments may treat those they deprive of liberty.

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