inhuman punishment
1punishment — pun·ish·ment n 1: the act of punishing 2: a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an offender through the judicial and esp. criminal process see also cruel and unusual punishment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …
2Inhuman — In*hu man, a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See {In } not, and {Human}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people. [1913… …
3inhuman treatment — Cruelty; want of mercy. See cruel and unusual punishment; cruelty to animals; inhuman treatment which endangers life …
4capital punishment — punishment by death for a crime; death penalty. [1575 85] * * * or death penalty Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was… …
5Cruel and unusual punishment — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …
6Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Type Human rights convention Drafted 18 December 2002[1] Signed 18 December 2002 …
7Capital punishment in Belarus — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
8European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted by the member states of the Council of Europe, meeting at Strasbourg on 26 November 1987. It was subsequently amended by two… …
9United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe Kurztitel: UN Antifolterkonvention Titel (engl.): United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or …
10Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — Fakultativprotokoll zum Übereinkommen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe Titel (engl.): Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or… …
