The prohibition of torture in exceptional circumstances

The prohibition of torture in exceptional circumstances / Michelle Farrell.

Reframes the historical, legal and moral discourse on the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farrell, Michelle, 1981-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Torture (International law)
LAW > International.
Menschenrecht
Folter
Verbot
Ausnahme
Rechtsethik
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Introduction; A. What is torture?; B. Torture and counterterrorism; C. Reading the debate on torture; 1 State of law; A. The international legal framework for the prohibition of torture: from the Universal Declaration to the Convention against; (1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (3) European Convention on Human Rights; (4) Other regional human rights instruments.
  • (5) Declaration and Convention against TortureB. The international prohibition of torture: scope of application; (1) The torture prohibition as a norm of jus cogens; (2) The offence of torture; (3) Torture under international humanitarian law; (4) The crime of torture; (5) No exceptional circumstances; (6) Justifiability? Jurisprudence from the European Commission and Court; C. The definition of torture: severity and purpose; (1) Aggravated inhuman treatment; (2) Conventional definition; (3) Evolving standards?; (4) Harmonising the definition; D. Conclusion.
  • 2 The ticking bomb scenario: origins, usages and the contemporary discourseA. The ticking bomb in theory and in practice; (1) Ticking bombs in Algiers?; (2) The Algerian war: legal framework; (3) Torture during the Algerian war: the discovery of the ticking bomb; (4) Ticking bombs after Algeria; (5) The Landau Commission of Inquiry; (6) Landau in practice; (7) The Landau model under judicial scrutiny; (i) The ticking bomb exception; (8) 'Enhanced interrogation' in the 'war on terror'; B. Debating torture; (1) The ticking bomb construct; (i) Lessons from history?; (ii) Does torture work?
  • (Iii) Back in Algiers(iv) Does it matter if torture works?; (2) Torture in exceptional circumstances and the liberal democracy; C. Conclusion; 3 State of exception; A. Emergencies and torture; (1) The relevance of the state of exception; B. Carl Schmitt's sovereign exception; (1) Dictatorship; (2) The sovereign and the exception; C. The gods and the giants; (1) The Benjamin/Schmitt debate; (2) Exception as rule; D. Agamben's state of exception; (1) Locating the state of exception; (2) State of necessity; (3) Force of law; (4) Normalcy, exception and empty space; E. Conclusion.
  • 4 Legal, extra-legal or illegal? The academic debate on the use of torture in exceptional circumstancesA. Qualified torture prohibition; (1) The torture warrant; (i) Judicial versus extra-legal torture; (ii) Outdated laws; (2) Torture warrant with conditions; B. Pragmatic prohibition of torture; (1) The extra-legal measures model; (i) Official disobedience; (ii) Ex post ratification; (iii) Ethic of responsibility; (iv) Emergencies; C. Absolute torture prohibition; (1) Torture prohibition as an archetype; (i) Absolutism and the hypothetical case; (ii) The legal archetype; D. Conclusion.

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