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Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Preface 5 Table of Contents 7 CHAPTER I: THE ESSENTIALS OF THE CONVENTION 13 (a) Principal aim of the Convention 13 (b) Structure of the Convention 13 (c) Substantive provisions relating to all forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 14 (d) Substantive provisions relating specifically to torture 14 (e) Implementation provisions 16 CHAPTER II: THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONVENTION 17 (1) Human rights and the United Nations 17 (a) The human rights idea 17 (b) Human rights instruments of the UN and other intergovernmental organizations 18 (c) Comparison of declarations and conventions 19 (d) Implementation procedures 20 (2) Inclusion of the prohibition of torture in international standards 22 (3) The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 25 (a) Discussion of the question of torture in the UN General Assembly in 1973 and 1974 25 (b) Preparation of the Declaration by the Fifth UN Congress 27 (c) Adoption of the Declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1975 28 (4) Further efforts for strengthening the protection against torture 30 (a) Further

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Author
H. Danelius; Herman Burgers
Publisher
Brill | Nijhoff
Published
1988
Language
EN
ISBN
9789004478305
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Law

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