Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Notes on the contributors
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties and other international instruments
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
- 1 Dispute resolution, compliance control and enforcement in human rights law
- 2 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 3 The European Convention on Human Rights
- 4 The European Convention on the Prevention of Toture compared with the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol
- PART II INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
- PART III INTERNATIONAL ARMS CONTROL
- GENERAL COMMENTS
- Index
4 - The European Convention on the Prevention of Toture compared with the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Notes on the contributors
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties and other international instruments
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
- 1 Dispute resolution, compliance control and enforcement in human rights law
- 2 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 3 The European Convention on Human Rights
- 4 The European Convention on the Prevention of Toture compared with the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol
- PART II INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
- PART III INTERNATIONAL ARMS CONTROL
- GENERAL COMMENTS
- Index
Summary
The focus of this essay lies on the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture drawing on the author's practical experiences. The UN Convention Against Torture and its procedures together with the newly adopted Optional Protocol will only be looked at for the purpose of comparison as these procedures may be seen as complementary with a potential of overlapping.
General issues
The European Convention on the Prevention of Torture
Basic features
The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ECPT) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 26 June 1987 and opened for signature by Member States of the Council of Europe on 26 November 1987; it entered into force on 1 February 1989.
The core provision of the Convention is the establishment of a European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter, the ‘Committee’ or the ‘European Committee’ or ‘CPT’). The Committee is composed of a number of members equal to that of the parties to the Convention. The members are elected by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from a list of three candidates drawn up by the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly, which in turn is based on proposal made by the national delegations of the Members States. Members shall be independent and impartial, and professional experts in the areas covered by the Convention.
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- Making Treaties WorkHuman Rights, Environment and Arms Control, pp. 91 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007
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