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- to treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them: The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.
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Cruel or inhuman (synonymous terms) treatment consists of acts which cause serious pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, or which constitute a serious outrage upon individual dignity. Unlike torture, these acts do not need to be committed for a specific purpose.
What is ill-treatment? What’s the difference? Torture is defined in the UN Convention against Torture as the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for purposes such as obtaining information or a confession, or punishing, intimidating or coercing someone.
The ICRC strives to prevent and put an end to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The ICRC cares for victims of abuse and their families, putting the person at the centre of its action.
- Vuolanne v. Finland
- Human Rights Committee
- Selmouni v. France
- Cantoral-Benavides v. Peru
- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Human Rights Committee Communication No. 265/1987 Views of 2 May 1989 Keywords: detention for disciplinary reasons in military - trial within a reasonable time
Communication No. 577/1994 Views of 6 November 1997 Keywords: public humiliation - degrading treatment - detention conditions
European Court of Human Rights Application No. 25803/94 Judgement of 28 July 1999 Keywords: custody, ill-treatment in police - custody, duty of the state to provide a plausible explanation for injuries in torture, notion of
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Series C No. 69 Judgement of 18 August 2000 Keywords: arbitrary arrest or detention - cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
Communications Nos. 137/94, 139/94, 154/96 and 161/97 Twelfth Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1998-1999 Annex V Keywords: life – torture - arbitrary arrest or detention - death penalty - execution, while case pending before African Commission – health - fair hearing
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Apr 7, 2011 · This chapter analyses the terms of the basic formula: torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as stated in Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It seeks to identify the factors involved in determining whether particular acts amount to torture or other ill-treatment.
