030077 SE Preventing and Combating Torture (2011S)

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4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

VB: 15.3.2011, 11.00

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from We 02.02.2011 13:47 to Mo 07.03.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 07.03.2011 23:59

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Manfred Nowak

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 15.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will discuss the most significant aspects of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), and the jurisprudence of the Committee against Torture, which is responsible for the monitoring of CAT. Questions concerning the interpretation of the Convention with that of regional treaties i.e., the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1987, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 and the European Convention on Human Rights of 1950, will be examined.

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