ZAKAZ STOSOWANIA TORTUR W ŚWIETLE KONWENCJI W SPRAWIE ZAKAZU STOSOWANIA TORTUR ORAZ INNEGO OKRUTNEGO, NIELUDZKIEGO LUB PONIŻAJĄCEGO TRAKTOWANIA ALBO KARANIA Z 1984 ROKU ORAZ PROTOKOŁU FAKULTATYWNEGO Z 2002 ROKU
PROHIBITION OF TORTURE UNDER THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT OF 1984 AND THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL OF 2002
Author(s): Aleksandra ZawiślakSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Menedżerska Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Warszawie
Keywords: Convention; protocol; prohibition of torture; human rights;
Summary/Abstract: This research paper presents mechanisms for the protection of human rights as a form of available procedures for preventing the violation of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment. The purpose of the research paper is to introduce the concept of torture and the legal aspects of the regulation of their prohibition in the light of the Convention on the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of 1984. The research paper focuses on presenting the genesis of the Convention, the concept of torture in the light of its provisions, specific obligations of States Parties and the formal and legal provisions of this legal act. In addition, the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention were presented.
Journal: Studia Społeczne
- Issue Year: 33/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 81-92
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish