Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
)Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT) is treatment of persons which is contrary to
United Nations Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[1][2][3][4] Although the distinction between torture and CIDT is maintained from a legal point of view, medical and psychological studies have found that it does not exist from the psychological point of view, and people subjected to CIDT will experience the same consequences as survivors of torture.[5] Based on this research, some practitioners have recommended abolishing the distinction.[6]
Inhuman treatment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission defines inhuman treatment as:[7]
- serious physical assault
- psychological interrogation
- cruel detention conditions or restraints
- physical or psychological abuse in a healthcare setting
- threatening to torture someone
Degrading treatment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission defines degrading treatment as undignified and humiliating treatment. Whether treatment is considered degrading is dependent on several factors, including the duration of the treatment; physical and mental effects on the victim; and the victim's age, race, sex, and vulnerabilities.
Medical or scientific experimentation without the free consent of the subject
The
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
.
Sources
- ASAD, TALAL (1996). "On Torture, or Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment". Social Research. 63 (4): 1081–1109. JSTOR 40971325.
- Başoğlu, Metin; Livanou, Maria; Crnobarić, Cvetana (1 March 2007). "Torture vs Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment: Is the Distinction Real or Apparent?". Archives of General Psychiatry. 64 (3): 277–85. PMID 17339516.
- Waldron, Jeremy (2010). "The Coxford Lecture Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: The Words Themselves". Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. 23 (2): 269–286. .
- Davis, Michael (2005). "The Moral Justifiability of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment". International Journal of Applied Philosophy. 19 (2): 161–178. .
- Nowak, Manfred (2014). "Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment". In Clapham, Andrew; Gaeta, Paola (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict. ISBN 9780199559695.
- Bojosi, Kealeboga N. (2004). "The death row phenomenon and the prohibition against torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment". African Human Rights Law Journal. 4 (2): 303–333.
- Liebling, Alison (2011). "Moral performance, inhuman and degrading treatment and prison pain". Punishment & Society. 13 (5): 530–550. S2CID 147386708.
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- Weissbrodt, David; Heilman, Cheryl (2011). "Defining Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment". Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice. 29: 343.
- de Frouville, O. (2011). "The Influence of the European Court of Human Rights' Case Law on International Criminal Law of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 9 (3): 633–649. .
References
- ^ "Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment" (PDF). 2007-11-05. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ Nations, United. "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". United Nations. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights". United Nations OHCHR. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland v. United Kingdom" (PDF). 1978-01-18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ Pérez-Sales 2016, pp. 115, 258, 261.
- ^ Pérez-Sales 2016, p. 278.
- ^ "Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment | Equality and Human Rights Commission". www.equalityhumanrights.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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