The Treatment of Prisoners Under International Law

by Nigel S. Rodley

Book Overview

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, and extrajudical execution committed or tolerated by state agents or officials. The government of the world have, through intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations, been developing a complex and sophisticated set of rules aimed at ensuring the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198255519
• ISBN13: 9780198255512
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"