TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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OVERVIEW, RATIFICATION,
AND THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
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1. Summary of the Overall Structure and
Substantive Provisions of the Convention
2. Ratification and Implementation of the Convention
3. The Committee against Torture
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II. INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES 1–16 OF
THE CONVENTION
1. Methodology
2. Analysis of Substantive Provisions
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
III. THEMATIC SUMMARY OF SOME CENTRAL ISSUES
PERTAINING TO THE CONVENTION
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Universal Jurisdiction
Immunity to Heads of States and Diplomats?
The Prohibition of Torture as a Norm of Jus Cogens
Relationship between the Convention and Other
Instruments of International Criminal Law
4.1. The Convention in Relation to the International
Criminal Court
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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