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The Police and the Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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In this article, the author introduces the main issues to be taken into consideration when looking at police powers and the application of the prohibition of torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The author carries out a general analysis of international law establishing the maxim that torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment must be prevented. Furthermore, the author considers problems with the implementation of this maxim in police activities.

Dr Inna G. Garanina, Docent, is a Professor of Private Law of Russia and Foreign Countries at Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, and a Professor of Constitutional and International Law at TISBI University in Kazan.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Bacha (2005), p. J-1.

  2. 2.

    Tomasi v France, judgment of 27 August 1992.

  3. 3.

    Selmouni v France, judgment of 28 July 1999.

  4. 4.

    Chahal v the United Kingdom, judgment of 15 November 1996.

  5. 5.

    Gäfgen v Germany, judgment of 1 June 2010 at paragraph 107.

  6. 6.

    Ribitsch v Austria, judgment of 4 December 1995 at paragraph 38.

  7. 7.

    Ireland v the United Kingdom, judgment of 18 January 1978 at paragraph 162.

  8. 8.

    Henaf v France, judgment of 27 November 2003.

  9. 9.

    Gäfgen v Germany, judgment of 1 June 2010 at paragraphs 107 and 108.

  10. 10.

    Ireland v the United Kingdom, judgment of 18 January 1978 at paragraph 167.

  11. 11.

    Ribitsch v Austria, judgment of 4 December 1995.

  12. 12.

    Aksoy v Turkey, judgment of 18 December 1996 at paragraph 64.

  13. 13.

    Keenan v the United Kingdom, judgment of 3 April 2001 at paragraph 110; see also Raninen v Finland, judgment of 16 December 1997 at paragraph 55.

  14. 14.

    Greek case, Application Nos. 3321-3/67 and 3344/67, decision of 24 January 1968 (Yearbook 12, p. 186).

  15. 15.

    Tomasi v France, judgment of 27 August 1992, and the Ribitsch v Austria judgment of 4 December 1995.

  16. 16.

    Lipencov v Moldova, judgment of 25 January 2011.

  17. 17.

    Rehbock v Slovenia, judgment of 28 November 2000.

  18. 18.

    Balogh v Hungary, judgment of 20 July 2004 at paragraph 79. But compare Nachova and Others v Bulgaria, judgment of 6 July 2005.

  19. 19.

    http://www.un.org/ru/documents/decl_conv/conventions/disability.shtml.

  20. 20.

    Report by Thomas Hammarberg (2011), 4 at paragraph 37.

  21. 21.

    See for example, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (2003), paragraph 88.

  22. 22.

    Balogh v Hungary, judgment of 20 July 2004 at paragraph 79. But compare Nachova and Others v Bulgaria, judgment of 6 July 2005, discussed at p. 20 above (in respect of loss of life).

  23. 23.

    Balvinder (2002), p 12.

  24. 24.

    Bill (2009), pp. 33–54.

  25. 25.

    CPT/Inf (2012) 11 at paragraphs 17 and 28 [Albania].

  26. 26.

    Ciorap v Moldova, judgment of 19 June 2007 at paragraphs 60 to 71.

  27. 27.

    Cohan (2007), p. 1587.

  28. 28.

    http://www.apt.ch/en/evidence-obtained-through-torture/.

  29. 29.

    Nimisha et al. (2016), pp. 2–16.

  30. 30.

    Chevalier-Watts (2010), pp. 469–489.

  31. 31.

    Maslova and Nalbandov v Russia, judgment of 24 January 2008.

  32. 32.

    MC v Bulgaria, judgment of 4 December 2003, paragraphs 148–187 (in terms of Articles 3 and 8).

  33. 33.

    Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga v Belgium, judgment of 12 October 2006.

  34. 34.

    Gldani v Georgia, judgment of 3 May 2007.

  35. 35.

    Assenov and Others v Bulgaria, judgment of 28 October 1998.

  36. 36.

    MC v Bulgaria, judgment of 4 December 2003 at paragraph 151.

  37. 37.

    Lipencov v Moldova, judgment of 25 January 2011.

  38. 38.

    Paduret v Moldova, judgment of 5 January 2010 at paragraphs 58 and 77.

  39. 39.

    Aksoy v Turkey, judgment of 18 December 1996.

  40. 40.

    Mikheyev v. Russia, judgment of 26 January 2006, http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/360632/.

  41. 41.

    Abdulsamet Yaman v. Turkey, judgment 14 December 1999, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/32446.96-en-19991214/.

  42. 42.

    Selmouni v. France, judgment 28 July 1999, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/25803.94-en-19990728/.

  43. 43.

    Corsacov v Moldova, judgment 04 April 2006, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/18944.02-en-20060404/.

  44. 44.

    Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine, judgment 05 April 2005, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/54825.00-en-20050405/.

  45. 45.

    Nimisha et al. (2016), pp. 2–16.

  46. 46.

    Jalloh v. Germany, judgment 11 July 2007, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/54810.00-en-20060711/.

  47. 47.

    Feldman (2009), pp. 50–69.

  48. 48.

    Ireland v the United Kingdom, judgment of 18 January 1978.

  49. 49.

    Campbell and Cosans v. United Kingdom, judgment 22 March 1983, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/7511.76-7743.76-en-19830322/.

  50. 50.

    Ireland v the United Kingdom, judgment of 18 January 1978.

  51. 51.

    Tomuschat (2010), pp. 15–23.

  52. 52.

    Dougoz v. Greece, judgment 06 March 2003, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/40907.98-en-20010306/.

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Garanina, I.G. (2018). The Police and the Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In: Alleweldt, R., Fickenscher, G. (eds) The Police and International Human Rights Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71339-7_3

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