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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.
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.
The earliest known use of the verb ill-treat is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for ill-treat is from 1794, in Cases Manumission of Negroes . ill-treat is formed within English, by compounding.
- 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
The earliest known use of the noun ill-treatment is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for ill-treatment is from 1667, in the writing of Thomas Sprat, bishop of Rochester. ill-treatment is formed within English, by compounding.
From the first approaches - dealing with the mere treatment of the symptoms - to the promise of a free-from-pain society, science and economics have played a significant role in redefining the dualism health/ illness.
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Definition of ill-treat verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
