Torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment

CRAE v. Secretary of State for Justice (and others)
Wed, 11/01/2012 - 15:00 Instrument
Case concerning the obligation of the State to inform children about potential claims they may have had for unlawful restraint in juvenile detention centres in the United Kingdom.
Find out more
NON-REFOULEMENT: CRIN's submission on CAT's Draft General Comment
30/Mar/2017 Publication
This submission provides comments on the draft General Comment of the Committee Against Torture on article 3 of the...
Find out more
PAKISTAN: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
28/Mar/2017 Publication
Corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty are lawful sentences for offences committed by children in...
Find out more
DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY: New resources and statistics
1/Mar/2017 News
New resources on children deprived of their liberty, including a compilation of statistics on children detained in the criminal justice system across almost 180 countries.
Find out more
KUWAIT: Inhuman sentencing of children
14/Feb/2017 Publication
In March 2017, Kuwait abolished the death penalty and life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18.
Find out more
What does 'radicalisation' mean for children’s rights in different regions?
23/Jan/2017 Publication
Here we look at how the term 'radicalisation' is used and what it means for children in the United Kingdom, Francophone countries, the Middle East and North Africa and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.  
Find out more
ARGENTINA: Juvenile life sentences breached human rights standards
11/Jan/2017 Publication
Five Argentinian children were sentenced to life in prison, suffering grievous ill-treatment and incarceration for years before their cases were heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Find out more
The effects of terrorism and counter-terrorism measures on the enjoyment of children’s rights
25/Oct/2016 Publication
With terrorist acts making the news almost every day, the threat of terrorism and the means to fight it are becoming a key...
Find out more
UNITED KINGDOM: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
21/Sep/2016 Publication
Life imprisonment in various forms is a lawful sentence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland for offences...
Find out more
Rabi Abdullahi v. Pfizer, inc.
Fri, 30/01/2009 - 15:30 Instrument
Case concerning corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute for a pharmaceutical drug trial in Nigeria involving non-consenting child subjects.
Find out more

Pages

Subscribe to Torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment