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Product Description This important book examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet devised - those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture - and relates them to those of other European and United Nations bodies. The book also examines the reaction of selectedCouncil of Europe member states to the application of those standards in CPT reports. About the Author Malcolm Evans studied law at Oxford (1979-82; 1983-87). He was appointed to a lectureship at Bristol in 1988 and in 1999 was appointed Professor of Public International Law. His areas of research interest include the law of the sea and the international protection of human rights, with particularfocus on the freedom of religion and the prevention of torture. He is a member of the ILA Human Rights Law and Practice Committee and is a member of the Board of Management of the Association for the Prevention of Torture.