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Claudio M. Grossman

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Implementing Human Rights In Closed Environments Through The United Nations Convention Against Torture, Claudio M. Grossman Dec 2013

Implementing Human Rights In Closed Environments Through The United Nations Convention Against Torture, Claudio M. Grossman

Claudio M. Grossman

 Closed environments pose a major challenge to the full and effective implementation of human rights norms and conventions. However, many conventions contain mechanisms that can be used to further advance implementation of human rights in those closed environments. The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) has several mechanisms in place that play an important role in enforcing and implementing human rights obligations. Along with the creation of a supervisory organ, the Committee against Torture (the Committee), the Convention provides a framework for: State Party reporting and concluding observations (COBs) under …

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Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Question & Answer Session , Claudio Grossman, Malcolm Evans Oct 2012

Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Question & Answer Session , Claudio Grossman, Malcolm Evans

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Transcript: Advocacy Before Regional Human Rights Bodies: A Cross-Regional Agenda, Victor Abramovich, Charlotte De Broutelles, Santiago Canton, Paolo Carozza, Andrew Drzemczewski, Jonathan Fanton, Leonardo Franco, Felipe González, Claudio Grossman, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Bahame Tom-Mukirya Nyanduga, Diane Orentlicher, Fatsah Ouguergouz, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzón, Sergio Garcia Ramirez, Manuel Ventura Robles, Pablo Saavedra Oct 2012

Transcript: Advocacy Before Regional Human Rights Bodies: A Cross-Regional Agenda, Victor Abramovich, Charlotte De Broutelles, Santiago Canton, Paolo Carozza, Andrew Drzemczewski, Jonathan Fanton, Leonardo Franco, Felipe González, Claudio Grossman, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Bahame Tom-Mukirya Nyanduga, Diane Orentlicher, Fatsah Ouguergouz, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzón, Sergio Garcia Ramirez, Manuel Ventura Robles, Pablo Saavedra

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Panel 2: How Are Laws Applied And Detention Practices Reformed? Question & Answer Session , Steven Watt, Claudio Grossman, James Ross, Eugene Fidell Oct 2012

Panel 2: How Are Laws Applied And Detention Practices Reformed? Question & Answer Session , Steven Watt, Claudio Grossman, James Ross, Eugene Fidell

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Prologue , Claudio Grossman Oct 2012

Prologue , Claudio Grossman

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Moving Toward Improved Human Rights Enforcement In The Americas, Claudio M. Grossman Dec 1999

Moving Toward Improved Human Rights Enforcement In The Americas, Claudio M. Grossman

Claudio M. Grossman

With the dawning of the new millennium, most of the states of the Americas have arrived at a point where civil - and political rights are acknowledged and accepted, at least in the theoretical sense. These rights include life, liberty, and security of the person as set forth in the American Convention on Human Rights (American Convention), ratified by twenty-four countries and/or the American Declaration on Human Rights, which is binding on all thirty-five Organization of American States (OAS) member states. In addition, the states of the Americas have begun to link human rights with democracy, recognizing that only in …

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