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Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment: The Words Themselves
Jeremy Waldron
New York University School of Law
November 2008
NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-36
Abstract:
Many human rights charters contain prohibitions on inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees. Terms like "inhuman" and "degrading" are difficult to interpret, but they are certainly not meaningless. It is important to attend to attend to the meanings of the words themselves, as well as to the decisions that courts have made about particular practices. Reflection on the meanings of these highly-charged terms reveals important complexity, which we can unpack in a way that enables us to better focus our debate about the proper treatment of prisoners and detainees.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48
Keywords: cruelty, degrading, ECHR, dignity, human rights, ICCPR, inhuman, international huamnitarian law, original meaning, prisoners
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Date posted: October 5, 2008
; Last revised: November 11, 2008
Suggested CitationWaldron, Jeremy, Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment: The Words Themselves (November 2008). NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-36. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1278604 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1278604
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