Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law: The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention...

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Elaine Webster

Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law

The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Elaine Webster

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English

Routledge
09 December 2019

Human rights; Law & society; International human rights law

Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive scope of degrading treatment. This book argues that the degrading treatment element of the right is a crucial site of analysis, in itself and for understanding the parameters of the right as a whole. It addresses how, methodologically, the scope of meaning and application of the right not to be subjected to degrading treatment should best be identified and considers the implications thereof. It systematically examines the diverse aspects of degrading treatment’s scope, from foundations of legal interpretation to the drivers of humiliation. It draws on wide-ranging literature and extensive analysis of more than 1,500 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, which has pioneered the right’s interpretive growth. The book aims to explore how the interpretive possibilities, and limits, of the right not to be subjected to degrading treatment turn upon the axes of human dignity and state responsibility, and aims to show how this right’s protection can be achieved as well as limited through processes of interpretation.

Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law provides interpreters with analytical tools to advance the application of the right not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international, regional and domestic human rights law. It will appeal to all who have an interest in understanding the right’s meaning, development, and potential scope of application, as well as those with an interest in methodologies of human rights interpretation.

By: Elaine Webster
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9780367894290
ISBN 10: 0367894297
Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
Pages: 149
Publication Date: 09 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface and acknowledgements Additional sources Tables of cases Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 DEGRADING TREATMENT WITHIN ARTICLE 3 Chapter 3 FRAMING THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF DEGRADING TREATMENT Chapter 4 UNDERSTANDING THE BENCHMARKS OF DEGRADATION Chapter 5 THE MEANING OF 'TREATMENT' Chapter 6 THE ENDS OF ARTICLE 3: THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE LIMITS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY Chapter 7 FROM DEGRADING TREATMENT TO TORTURE, CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT Chapter 8 CONCLUSION Index

Elaine Webster is a lecturer in law at the University of Strathclyde, UK.