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Preventing Torture: A Study of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Preventing Torture A Study of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Author:Malcolm D. Evans, Rod Morgan, Rodney Morgan This pathbreaking documentary and empirical study considers in detail the work of the latest actor on the international stage attempting to prevent torture. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the CPT), established in 1989, represents a new phase in international human rights in... more »tervention. The authors, an international lawyer and a criminologist, bring their different analytical perspectives to bear on this innovative human rights mechanism.« less