Solitary Confinement—From Extreme Isolation to Prison Reform

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jules Lobel ◽  
Peter Scharff Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Solitary Confinement ◽  
Prison Reform ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
The World ◽  
Prison Systems

For nearly two centuries the practice of solitary confinement has been a recurring feature in many prison systems all over the world. Solitary confinement is used for a panoply of different reasons although research tells us that these practices have widespread negative health effects. Besides the death penalty, it is arguably the most punitive and dangerous intervention available to state authorities in democratic nations. These facts have spawned a growing international interest in this topic and reform movements which include, among others, doctors, psychologists, criminologists, sociologists, prisoners, families, litigators, human rights defenders, and prison governors. This chapter sets the scene by briefly describing this context and by presenting the structure of the book and the chapters that follow.

9. The death penalty

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Clapham
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Death Sentence ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
World Today ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
The World ◽  
Procedural Safeguards ◽  
Rights Issue ◽  
Over Time

Attitudes with regard to what constitutes a human rights issue change over time. Is the death penalty a human rights issue? If we believe that torture and inhuman punishment is absolutely prohibited, then the ultimate irrevocable punishment of execution should also be prohibited at least as a form of inhuman punishment. ‘The death penalty’ considers how the human rights treaties that allow for the death penalty have been interpreted to include procedural safeguards, limits on which crimes may be punished with a death sentence, who may be executed, and prohibitions on certain forms of execution where the death penalty is still used around the world today.

scholarly journals La Peine de Mort et le Droit à la Vie.

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4322-4326
Author(s):  
Louis Mendy
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
Moral Duty ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

Death Penalty has been practiced since human beings decided to constitute nations and live in countries. It was institutionalized to get rid of people who were supposed to be harmful to societies. However, proponents of Capital Punishment do not seem to understand that people may be executed because of their evil acts, but their death will never wipe evil out of their societies. Since the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by a very large majority of countries in the world, the legality and legitimacy of Death Penalty have been constantly questioned by human rights defenders. Even the three major and revealed religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam recognize that life is a sacred right from God. For the people who are against Death Penalty, Capital Punishment is akin to a premeditated voluntary homicide by a government. Even if Death Penalty is considered as a deterrent in many societies, it has never been proven that it can stop people from committing murders. The abolition of Death Penalty is nowadays a moral duty for all governments. Even a moratorium is proposed to countries which have not abolished it yet. The tendency today is the total abolition of Capital Punishment in the world and its restoration by countries that have already abolished it is something unheard of, retrograde and senseless.

scholarly journals Women: the Target of Fundamentalists

1970 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Anna Karamanou
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms

Recently, we experienced the drama of Safiya Husseini, sentenced to death by stoning by the Islamic court of Sokoto in Nigeria, for committing the “crime” of having an extra-marital child. It was followed by the death penalty for Abok Alfa Akok, a pregnant southern Sudanese woman. These two incidents brought to the public debate the issue of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms for millions of women around the world. Although the international outcry, the mobilization of the civil society and the European Parliament managed, in the last minute, to save the lives of the two women, the issue of violence against women remains.

scholarly journals International Law and the Death Penalty: A Toothless Tiger, or a Meaningful Force for Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Babcock
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The World

Over the last several decades, the world has made great strides towards universal abolition of the death penalty. Since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted in 1948, nearly 100 countries have abolished the death penalty as a matter of law. European and Latin American nations have been on the forefront of abolitionist efforts, but anti-death-penalty sentiment is not limited to those regions; support for the death penalty is waning in Africa and Southeast Asia as well. All but one or two nations claim to no longer execute minors, and many of the world's leading executioners have greatly reduced the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be applied. The General Assembly of the United Nations has now passed four resolutions in favor of a universal moratorium on capital punishment, and each has been supported by a greater number of countries-even those that were previously considered staunch supporters of the death penalty.

scholarly journals Hukuman Mati terhadap Narapidana Terorisme dalam Perlindungan Hak Asasi Manusia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-428
Author(s):  
I Putu Gde Iwan Putra Darmayatna ◽  
I Made Sepud ◽  
Ni Made Sukaryati Karma
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Legal Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Legal Relief ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Law ◽  
Problem Formulations

Indonesia the death penalty has always been a matter of arguments because isn't based 011 the 1945 Constitution, the death penalty is in highest legal caste as the toughest punishment in the world. In this research, there are two problem formulations, namely how to regulate the death penalty against terrorism in relation to the protection of human rights and how to take legal measures against terrorism convicts to obtain legal relief. This research used the type of normative research, the techniques in the data collection are based on literature study. The results of this research indicate a conflict between the regulation of the death penalty and human rights. The regulation of the death penalty against terrorism in the relation to the protection of human rights has resulted in the emergence of various opinions and debates where the death penalty is considered to violate human rights and some consider this punishment to be applied. The effort by terrorism to obtain Juggleries a legal policy that has a basic idea i11 protecting human rights. Legal efforts to file an appeal, cassation, review to filing clemency request forgiveness from the President of the prisoners to reduce the law.  

scholarly journals Death Penalty under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Some Reflections for African States

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
Zonke Majodina
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
The World ◽  
Civil And Political Rights ◽  
The Right ◽  
Selection Of

As part of the ongoing movement in support of the abolition of the death penalty across the world, this article presents a selection of cases brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) on violations of the right to life. With a special focus on Zambian cases, the objective is to demonstrate how the Committee’s views reflect its longstanding jurisprudence that the death penalty should only be applied in the most exceptional circumstances.

scholarly journals INDONESIA’S DEATH PENALTY EXECUTION FROM THE REALIST VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Humanus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Alia Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Human Rights Abuse ◽  
The World ◽  
Realist Perspective ◽  
Rights Issues ◽  
Realist View

During the first half of 2015, Indonesia executed fourteen prisoners who had been convicted of smuggling drugs to and from Indonesia. Twelve of them were foreigners. This execution led to withdrawal of the ambassador of Brazil, Netherlands, and Australia, whose citizens are among those executed. Criticism came from around the world, and small number of Indonesians. Most critics cited human rights abuse; and death penalty is against international law. However, the lack of further explanation can make the statement misunderstood. The distinctive nature of international law is one factor that makes death penalty issue is still debatable. Another factor is the inconsistent world’s reaction on human rights issues, showing realistic behavior in international relations. Therefore it is important to understand the nature of international law from the realist perspective of international relations in explaining death penalty in Indonesia. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate Indonesia’s death penalty from the realist perspective of international law.Keywords: realism, international law, international relations, death penalty

TO THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR TORTURE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
ASTEMIR ZHURTOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Human Life ◽  
International Standards ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

Cruel and inhumane acts that harm human life and health, as well as humiliate the dignity, are prohibited in most countries of the world, and Russia is no exception in this issue. The article presents an analysis of the institution of responsibility for torture in the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that the current criminal law of Russia superficially and fragmentally regulates liability for torture, in connection with which the author formulated the proposals to define such act as an independent crime. In the frame of modern globalization, the world community pays special attention to the protection of human rights, in connection with which large-scale international standards have been created a long time ago. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international acts enshrine prohibitions of cruel and inhumane acts that harm human life and health, as well as degrade the dignity.Considering the historical experience of the past, these standards focus on the prohibition of any kind of torture, regardless of the purpose of their implementation.

Conflict and Financial Scandal on History, Culture, and Politic

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 20628-20638
Author(s):  
Anik Yuesti ◽  
I Made Dwi Adnyana
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
Financial Scandals ◽  
Financial Transparency ◽  
The Church ◽  
Transparency And Accountability

One of the things that are often highlighted in the world of spirituality is a matter of sexual scandal. But lately, the focus of the spiritual world is financial transparency and accountability. Financial scandals began to arise in the Church, as was the case in the Protestant Christian Church of Bukti Doa Nusa Dua Congregation in Bali. The scandal involved clergy and even some church leaders. This study aims to describe how the conflict occurred because of financial scandals in the Church. The method used in this study is the Ontic dialectic. Based on this research, the conflict in the Bukit Doa Church is a conflict caused by an internal financial scandal. The scandal resulted in fairly widespread conflict in the various lines of the organization. It led to the issuance of the Dismissal Decrees of the church pastor and also one of the members of Financial Supervisory Council. This conflict has also resulted in the leadership of the church had violated human rights. Source of conflict is not resolved in a fair, but more concerned with political interests and groups. Thus, the source of the problem is still attached to its original place.

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