Tackling Torture: Prevention in Practice

by Malcolm Evans

Book Overview

How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? In this vitally important work, Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture's root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us to bring about change. The author draws on over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152922568X
• ISBN13: 9781529225686
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"