PADM 5855. International Human Rights

7. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

4, 6 March 2024

This session of the seminar will look at the functioning of the Committee on Torture that monitors the Convention of Toture and Other Cruel, Inhaman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Questions covered	How is torture defined in practice? How does the Committee function?
Lectures	Torture
Required readings	McFarland, Chapters 2 and 22 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishmen Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Overview of the working methods Read the United States reports (State Party, Committee, NGOs) in the lecture United States: prolonged solitary confinement amounts to psychological torture, says UN expert (in the course Canvas) · Read the Committee against Torture, Seventy-first session, Summary record of the second part (public)* of the 1828th meeting (in the course Canvas)
Simulation	We will review the reports of North Macedonia to the Committee on Torture.
Discussion questions	What are the main issues with the United States 2005 report? What issues did civil society organizations emphasize in 2021 in the July public session?
Recording	Recordings of 4 and 6 March 2024 will be in the course Canvas

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