- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements and Dedication
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
-
Chapter 1 The emergence and scope of the human right to health -
Chapter 2 Advancing the right to health through litigation -
Chapter 3 The right to health: from concept to practice -
Chapter 4 Health development as nation strengthening -
Chapter 5 Pillars for progress on the right to health -
Chapter 6 Haiti: an overview of its right to health history and future directions -
Chapter 7 The right to health in Ghana: healthcare, human rights, and politics -
Chapter 8 Health and development in India: moving towards the right to health -
Chapter 9 The right to health in post-apartheid era South Africa -
Chapter 10 The domestic implementation of the international right to health: the Philippine experience -
Chapter 11 China’s evolution in progressively realizing the right to health -
Chapter 12 Brazil: a long journey towards a universal healthcare system -
Chapter 13 The right to health in Peru -
Chapter 14 Realizing the right to healthcare in Mexico -
Chapter 15 The United Kingdom: the right to health in the context of a nationalized health service -
Chapter 16 The right to health in Japan: challenges of a super-ageing society and implications from its 2011 public health emergency -
Chapter 17 The United States: right to health obligations in the context of disparity and reform -
Chapter 18 Human rights-based approaches to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria -
Chapter 19 Global tobacco control: a vital component of the right to health -
Chapter 20 Women’s health and human rights: struggles to engender social transformation -
Chapter 21 The right to health in prison -
Chapter 22 Access to medical products, vaccines, and medical technologies -
Chapter 23 Nutrition and human rights: why meeting nutrient needs should be a human right -
Chapter 24 Primum non nocere and the right to health -
Chapter 25 Combating torture and other ill-treatment -
Chapter 26 Emergencies, disasters, conflicts, and human rights -
Chapter 27 Searching for a role for genomics in the right to health -
Chapter 28 Financing governments: towards achieving the right to health -
Chapter 29 The consequences of failure - Index
Combating torture and other ill-treatment
Combating torture and other ill-treatment
- Chapter:
- (p.357) Chapter 25 Combating torture and other ill-treatment
- Source:
- Advancing the Human Right to Health
- Author(s):
Michael Bochenek
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter first reviews the international prohibition of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment, examining the sources of the international prohibition, the definition set forth in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), the interpretations of the elements of torture by international and regional courts and other authorities, and the absolute nature of the prohibition. The second section examines policing and detention practices, circumstances where Amnesty International frequently encounters evidence of torture. The third section examines acts of torture and ill-treatment systematically perpetrated by the United States and other governments after the attacks of 11 September 2001. The fourth section discusses other forms of ill-treatment that do not necessarily meet the definition of torture but are also common in places of detention. The fifth section discusses legal prohibitions on particular forms of medical care, so that the physician who provides the care risks imprisonment, substantial fines, or the loss of his or her livelihood. The chapter closes by summarizing the policy steps that States should take to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment and to address these human rights violations when they do occur.
Keywords: human rights violations, torture, policing, detention, amnesty international, medical care
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements and Dedication
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
-
Chapter 1 The emergence and scope of the human right to health -
Chapter 2 Advancing the right to health through litigation -
Chapter 3 The right to health: from concept to practice -
Chapter 4 Health development as nation strengthening -
Chapter 5 Pillars for progress on the right to health -
Chapter 6 Haiti: an overview of its right to health history and future directions -
Chapter 7 The right to health in Ghana: healthcare, human rights, and politics -
Chapter 8 Health and development in India: moving towards the right to health -
Chapter 9 The right to health in post-apartheid era South Africa -
Chapter 10 The domestic implementation of the international right to health: the Philippine experience -
Chapter 11 China’s evolution in progressively realizing the right to health -
Chapter 12 Brazil: a long journey towards a universal healthcare system -
Chapter 13 The right to health in Peru -
Chapter 14 Realizing the right to healthcare in Mexico -
Chapter 15 The United Kingdom: the right to health in the context of a nationalized health service -
Chapter 16 The right to health in Japan: challenges of a super-ageing society and implications from its 2011 public health emergency -
Chapter 17 The United States: right to health obligations in the context of disparity and reform -
Chapter 18 Human rights-based approaches to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria -
Chapter 19 Global tobacco control: a vital component of the right to health -
Chapter 20 Women’s health and human rights: struggles to engender social transformation -
Chapter 21 The right to health in prison -
Chapter 22 Access to medical products, vaccines, and medical technologies -
Chapter 23 Nutrition and human rights: why meeting nutrient needs should be a human right -
Chapter 24 Primum non nocere and the right to health -
Chapter 25 Combating torture and other ill-treatment -
Chapter 26 Emergencies, disasters, conflicts, and human rights -
Chapter 27 Searching for a role for genomics in the right to health -
Chapter 28 Financing governments: towards achieving the right to health -
Chapter 29 The consequences of failure - Index
