Joint Committee On Human Rights - Nineteenth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 18 May 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
The Convention Against Torture
Background to this Report
The Concluding Observations
2 The prohibition
on torture
The principle in Chahal v UK
3 The Convention
in domestic law and policy
Right of Individual Petition
Optional Protocol to UNCAT
The prohibition on torture in Government
policy development
Evidence obtained by torture
Use of information obtained by torture
Co-operation with foreign interrogators abroad
The criminal offence of torture: the defence
of lawful authority, justification or excuse
4 The armed forces
Territorial applicability of UNCAT
Training of troops in human rights obligations
Investigation of allegations of torture or ill-treatment
Bullying in the armed forces
5 Diplomatic assurances against torture
Obligations under the Convention
Memoranda of Understanding already concluded
The reliability of diplomatic assurances
Comparison with death penalty assurances
Wider implications of diplomatic assurances
Conclusions on diplomatic assurances
Detention of those being held pending deportation
6 Investigation
of deaths involving the security forces
Duty to investigate allegations of torture
or inhuman or degrading treatment in Northern Ireland
Inquests in Northern Ireland
The Historical Enquiries Team
7 Deaths in
custody and prison conditions
8 Extraordinary
Renditions
9 Use of AEPs in Northern Ireland
Human Rights Advisers' Report
Investigations into use of AEPs by the army
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of Written Evidence
Reports from the Joint Committee on Human Rights in this Parliament
Oral Evidence
Monday 21 November 2005
Wednesday 7 December 2005
Monday 6 March 2006
Wednesday 8 March 2006
Monday 27 March 2006
Written Evidence
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