Visiting Research fellow @prila_tcd. Former @uclspp & @RHUL_Law. Interests include torture prevention, human rights, democracy and international crimes.
With co-supervisor Jane Marriott as the brilliant @mary_steinbrech finally makes it to campus to collect her so well deserved degree. Well done Dr Steinbrecher.
Our article just out on human rights (national preventive mechanisms) in European care homes - with law, criminology and social work contributions from @nicklhardwick2@mary_steinbrech Jane Marriott and myself. Great to see it published! @rhulsw@RHUL_Law https://t.co/tg5kNTp77S
Here are some details of the work done during the first plenary meeting in 2022 of our @coe@CoE_CPT Anti-Torture Committee; a meeting held in the long shadow of the vicious aggression being visited on the people of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 https://t.co/sVkfEQJeSV
Two justices dissented – the liberal justice Sotomayor and conservative Gorsuch. In a lengthy rebuttal, Gorsuch pointed out that the torture to which Zubaydah was subjected had been extensively chronicled in official reports, books and movies.
https://t.co/2yaN6XRnm6
In a powerful Annual Report, the Office of the Correctional Investigator of #Canada calls on the Canadian gov to #ratifyOPCAT and ensure rights of detainees.
The APT continues to encourage the Canadian gov to follow these recommendations.
Read more: https://t.co/3yOmIYAqYH