Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR : Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs /

Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR : Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs

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Autor principal: Hart Publishing ()
Autor Corporativo: Hart Publishing ()
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2021.
Edición:First Edition.
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This book theorises and concretises the idea of ‘absolute rights’ in human rights law with a focus on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It unpacks how we might understand what an ‘absolute right’ is and considers how such a right’s delimitation may remain faithful to its absolute character. From these starting points it examines how, as a matter of principle, the right not to be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment enshrined in Article 3 ECHR is, and ought to be, substantively delimited by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Focusing on the wrongs at issue, this analysis touches both on the core of the right and on what some might consider to lie at the right’s ‘fringes’: from the aggravated wrong of torture, to the severity assessment delineating inhumanity and degradation; the justified use of force and its implications for absoluteness; the delimitation of positive obligations to protect from ill-treatment; and the duty not to expel persons to places where they face a real risk of torture, inhumanity or degradation. Few legal standards are simultaneously so significant and so contested. This book seeks to contribute fruitfully to efforts to counter a proliferation of attempts to dispute, circumvent or dilute the absolute character of the right not to be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to offer the groundwork for transparently and coherently (re)interpreting the right’s contours in line with its absolute character.


Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction (s. 1-8) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-001
  • What Is an ‘Absolute Right’? : A Conceptual Framework on Applicability and Specification (s. 9-26) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-002
  • Delimiting the Absolute : How Should the ECtHR Approach the Specification of Article 3 ECHR? (s. 27-57) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-003
  • The Specification of Torture under Article 3 ECHR (s. 58-87) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-004
  • The Article 3 ‘Threshold’ : The Specification of Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (s. 88-127) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-005
  • The Specification of Positive Obligations under Article 3 ECHR (s. 128-158) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-006
  • Specifying the Non-Refoulement Duty under Article 3 ECHR (s. 159-195) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-007
  • Conclusion (s. 196-204) https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509903009.ch-008