Natasa Mavronicola

Dr Natasa Mavronicola is Senior Lecturer at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham and Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The above account is provided in a personal capacity.

Content by Author

The Prohibition of Torture 70 years after the UDHR

The Prohibition of Torture 70 years after the UDHR

Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is 70 this December, provides in unequivocal terms that 'No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment'. There is a duality ...