The treatment of prisoners under international law /Nigel Rodley with Matt Pollard.

The response of the United Nations General Assembly to the challenge of torture -- The legal prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment -- What constitutes torture and other ill-treatment? -- The legal consequences of torture and other ill-treatment -- International mechanisms against torture and other ill-treatment -- Extra-legal executions -- The death penalty -- Enforced disappearance of prisoners : unacknowledged detention -- Conditions of imprisonment or detention -- Corporal punishment -- Guarantees against abuses of the human person : arbitrary arrest and detention -- International codes of ethics for professionals..

Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-661) and index..