Thinking Beyond the Offence of Torture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12735756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | An Interview with Andrew Clapham (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 439-446 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-1395 • E-ISSN: 1478-1387 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jicj/mqab017 |
| OpenAlex | W4233279443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
1. The international repression of torture may be connected to different rationales. In the judgment in R v. Reeves Taylor (Appellant),1 the Supreme Court, while interpreting the meaning of ‘a person acting in an official capacity’ in section 134(1) CJA, examined two possible two possible lines of reasoning, i.e. state-nexus and de facto governmental authority-nexus. What is, in your view, the essence and the foundation of the criminalization of torture in international law? I would step back a bit. If we consider the 1975 UN Declaration against Torture,2 adopted ten years before the United Nations Convention against Torture,3 we find that the General Assembly’s resolution is not as state-centric as the treaty. The General Assembly adopts the Declaration ‘as a guideline for all States and other entities exercising effective power’. So, the idea that torture is somehow, according to international law, only about state actors, or
Convention · Declaration · General assembly · Human rights · International law · Nexus (standard · Political science · Power (physics · State (computer science · Torture · Treaty · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Torture, Ethics, and Law · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |