A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The UN Human Rights Committee's Monitoring of ICCPR Rights
Book contents
- A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of Cases (Views of the Human Rights Committee)
- Table of Treaties (in chronological order)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Article 1: Self-determination
- Article 2: To ‘Respect and to Ensure’ Covenant Rights
- Article 3: The Equal Right of Men and Women to the Enjoyment of Covenant Rights
- Article 4: Derogation in Times of Officially Proclaimed Public Emergency Threatening the Life of the Nation
- Article 5: Bar on Interpreting the Covenant in Abuse of Rights
- Article 6: The Right to Life
- Article 7: Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Introduction
- The State’s Obligation of ‘Effective Protection’
- Torture
- Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
- Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment
- ‘Medical or Scientific Experimentation’
- Implementation
- Conclusion
- Contents
- Article 8: Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour
- Article 9: Liberty and Security
- Article 10: Treatment of Those Deprived of Their Liberty
- Article 11: Imprisonment for Inability to Fulfil a Contractual Obligation
- Article 12: Freedom of Movement of the Person
- Article 13: Procedural Safeguards in the Expulsion of Aliens
- Article 14: Fair Trial Rights
- Article 15: Retroactive Criminal Law
- Article 16: Recognition as a Person Before the Law
- Article 17: Privacy, Home, Correspondence; Honour and Reputation
- Article 18: Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion
- Article 19: Freedom of Expression
- Article 20: Propaganda for War and Hate Speech
- Article 21: Freedom of Assembly
- Article 22: Freedom of Association
- Article 23: Protection for the Family
- Article 24: Protection Required for Children
- Article 25: Right to Participate in Public Affairs, Electoral Rights and Access to Public Service
- Article 26: Equality before the Law Equal Protection of the Law
- Article 27: Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
- Bibliography
- List of Concluding Observations (to Reporting States) by Human Rights Committee Sessions
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Index
Contents
from Article 7: Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2020
Book contents
- A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of Cases (Views of the Human Rights Committee)
- Table of Treaties (in chronological order)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Article 1: Self-determination
- Article 2: To ‘Respect and to Ensure’ Covenant Rights
- Article 3: The Equal Right of Men and Women to the Enjoyment of Covenant Rights
- Article 4: Derogation in Times of Officially Proclaimed Public Emergency Threatening the Life of the Nation
- Article 5: Bar on Interpreting the Covenant in Abuse of Rights
- Article 6: The Right to Life
- Article 7: Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Introduction
- The State’s Obligation of ‘Effective Protection’
- Torture
- Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
- Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment
- ‘Medical or Scientific Experimentation’
- Implementation
- Conclusion
- Contents
- Article 8: Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour
- Article 9: Liberty and Security
- Article 10: Treatment of Those Deprived of Their Liberty
- Article 11: Imprisonment for Inability to Fulfil a Contractual Obligation
- Article 12: Freedom of Movement of the Person
- Article 13: Procedural Safeguards in the Expulsion of Aliens
- Article 14: Fair Trial Rights
- Article 15: Retroactive Criminal Law
- Article 16: Recognition as a Person Before the Law
- Article 17: Privacy, Home, Correspondence; Honour and Reputation
- Article 18: Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion
- Article 19: Freedom of Expression
- Article 20: Propaganda for War and Hate Speech
- Article 21: Freedom of Assembly
- Article 22: Freedom of Association
- Article 23: Protection for the Family
- Article 24: Protection Required for Children
- Article 25: Right to Participate in Public Affairs, Electoral Rights and Access to Public Service
- Article 26: Equality before the Law Equal Protection of the Law
- Article 27: Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
- Bibliography
- List of Concluding Observations (to Reporting States) by Human Rights Committee Sessions
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsThe UN Human Rights Committee's Monitoring of ICCPR Rights, pp. 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020