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This book deals with a specialized area of international law relating to prisoners, especially as regards the worst abuses to which they may be subject, such as torture, enforced disappearance and summary or arbitrary executions.
Triggered by the atrocities of World War II, the last few decades have seen an increasing international awareness of the persistence of such practices as torture, abduction and arbitrary, summary,...
This book describes and analyzes the main principles of international law that impose limitations on the ways governments may treat those they deprive of liberty.
This is the third edition of the pioneering work that has become the standard text in the field.