Session 1: United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT

LV-Nr.: 030354 Seminar „Torture“

Prof. Dr. Manfred Nowak

Reading List

Session 1: United Nations Convention against Torture (CAT

Required Readings:

1)  Manfred Nowak, Torture and Enforced Disappearance, in Krause/Scheinin, International Protection on Human Rights: A Textbook, Turku: Institute for Human Rights, Abo, Akademi University, forthcoming, 2009.

2)  Manfred Nowak, What Practices Constitute Torture? US and UN Standards, HRQ 4/2006, 809-841.

3)  Nowak/McArthur, The United Nations Convention against Torture – A Commentary, Oxford 2008, Chapters on articles 1, 3, 5-7, 14-16.

Further Sources:

1) See also the main reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/)

1)  Website of the World Organisation Against Torture (www.omct.org)

2)  Website of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (www.apt.ch)

3)  Atlas of Torture, Website by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (to be launched in April 2009)

Session 2: Conditions of Detention

Required Readings:

1)  ASEM Background Paper on "Human Rights and Criminal Justice", Chapter VI (rights in prison) (to be disseminated)

2)  Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (see Website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm#core)

3)  Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on his Mission to Indonesia, UN Doc. A/HRC/7/3/Add.7 (10 March 2008)

4)  Report to the Government of Denmark on the visit to Denmark carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 11 to 20 February, CPT/Inf (2008) 26

Optional Readings:

1)  Nigel S Rodley, The Treatment of Prisoners under International Law, 2nd edition Oxford 2002.

2)  Jim Murdoch, The Treatment of Prisoners - European Standards, Strasbourg 2006.

3)  Andrew Coyle, A Human Rights Based Approach to Prison Management, Handbook for Prison Staff, International Centre for Prison Studies 2002.

4)  International Standards relating to Conditions of Detention (see Website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm#core)

·  Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

·  Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment

·  United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

·  Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

·  Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

·  Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty

·  Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials

·  United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)

·  Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System

5)  Publications by the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS), http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/publications.php

6)  Website and Publications by Penal Reform International (www.penalreform.org)

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