The United Nations Convention Against Torture

The United Nations Convention Against Torture
Author: Manfred Nowak
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1649
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780199280001

This volume provides a thorough commentary on the articles of the Convention against Torture, with historical context and analysis of relevant case law from monitoring bodie and international, regional and domestic courts.

Non-Refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture

Non-Refoulement under the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention against Torture
Author: Fanny De Weck
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004311491

This volume offers a comprehensive analysis and comparison of the case law and practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Committee against Torture in individual cases concerning the principle of non-refoulement. It covers both procedural and material aspects relevant in expulsion and extradition cases submitted by individuals under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or Article 3 of the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The book is a particularly helpful tool for asylum lawyers, human rights advocates, and other practitioners. It is also a reference work of significant value to scholars interested in non-refoulement under both conventions and in the context of human rights or refugee law in general.

The Power of Human Rights

The Power of Human Rights
Author: Thomas Risse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1999-08-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521658829

In Tunisia and Morocco.

Research Handbook on Torture

Research Handbook on Torture
Author: Malcolm D. Evans
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2020-12-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788113969

This Research Handbook is of great importance in an era where torture, whilst universally condemned, remains endemic. It explores the nature of the international prohibition of torture and the various means and mechanisms which have been put in place by the international community in an attempt to make that prohibition a reality.

Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination

Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination
Author: Nicolás M. Perrone
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2021-02-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198862148

This book brings a new perspective to the subject of international investment law, by tracing the origins of foreign investor rights. It shows how a group of business leaders, bankers, and lawyers in the mid-twentieth century paved the way for our current system of foreign investment relations, and the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.

The United Nations and Human Rights

The United Nations and Human Rights
Author: Philip Alston
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2013-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0198298374

This book analyses the UN's contribution to international human rights, and the desire to ensure that governments are held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others. This book offers a comprehensive and expert analysis and critique of UN instruments and organs, and of the new UN Human Rights Council.