This book analyses the nature, significance, and implications of the transformation of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman treatment or punishme

This Research Handbook is of great importance in an era where torture, whilst universally condemned, remains endemic. It explores the nature of the internationa

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status. It is the foremost international human rights norm

Pratt investigates the potential erosion of prohibiting assassination, torture, and mercenarism during the US's War on Terrorism. In examining the emergence and