Crime, Punishment and Article 3 ECHR
Puzzles and Prospects of Applying an Absolute Right in a Penal Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16764615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natasa Mavronicola (0000-0001-5375-5501, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | ngv024 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-7781 • E-ISSN: 1744-1021 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hrlr/ngv024 |
| OpenAlex | W2109931677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which provides that ‘[n]o one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment’, is considered to enshrine an absolute right. Yet it contains an under-explored element: inhuman and degrading punishment. While torture has been the subject of extensive academic commentary, and inhuman and degrading treatment has been examined to some extent, the prohibition of inhuman and degrading punishment has not been explored in significant depth, despite its considerable potential to alter the penal landscape. This article elucidates the key doctrinal elements of inhuman and degrading punishment ‘and treatment associated with it’, in the words of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It addresses a number of ‘puzzles’ or problems which arise in applying the absolute right enshrined in Article 3 of the ECHR to sentencing and imprisonment, clarifies ECtHR doctrine and highlights some of its key implications. Bringing a theoretically informed understanding to bear on the application of Article 3 of the ECHR in a penal context, the article provides clarity and coherence to a complex and crucial intersection between human rights and penology.
Absolute (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Criminal law · Criminology · Human rights · Political science · Punishment (psychology) · Queen (butterfly) · Sociology · Theology · Criminal Law and Evidence · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |