Opening Pandora's Box
Protecting Children Against Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090789 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geraldine Van Bueren (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 377-396 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1995.tb00156.x |
| OpenAlex | W2040746041 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Children are rarely perceived as torture victims, although they may be easier targets. International inertia is compounded as not only torture, but also ‘other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment’ is prohibited. Some of these occur in the private sphere, which traditionalists erroneously assume outside of international human rights law. Children may also be unprotected because they suffer from trauma in different ways from adults. Jurisprudence of human rights fora based principally on adult victims, despite some dicta to the contrary, risks international standards being inappropriately applied to child victims. This promotes an analysis which fails to address the particular vulnerabilities of children and their role as social actors
Criminology · Deterrence (psychology · Human rights · Jurisprudence · Political science · Punishment (psychology · Torture · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
Toward a feminist theory of the state
Judgement and Reasoning in the Child
The Child's Conception of Physical Causality
International Documents on Children
The International Law on the Rights of the Child
The Treatment of Prisoners under International Law
Human Rights, Terrorism and Police Custody
Can the Notion of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment be Applied to Socio-Economic Conditions
Contradictions within concepts of children's competence
Child sexual abuse and exploitation
Death and the Family
Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Final Justice
Towards Relative Normativity in International Law
Feminist Approaches to International Law
The United Nations Convention Against Torture. A Handbook on the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |