Abstract:
Supported by the Higher Education Restructuring Fund allocated to ELTE by the Hungarian Government. The development of the international protection of human rights, the prohibition of torture / The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: introduction and scope of application / Article 3 in the context of the Convention / Obligations of state parties / The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, the case law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights / International mechanisms for the prevention of torture, the criminology of torture and other inhuman treatment / Institutional foundations of the European Union, constitutional principles of Union law / European substantive criminal law / European criminal procedure, general principles / Structure of EU institutions and their mandates regarding criminal cases / Cooperation in criminal matters / Future challenges of European criminal law