The Prohibition of Torture and its Implications in the European Legal Sphere

Rebecca Lilla Hassanova

doi:10.47078/2023.1.51-71

Rebecca Lilla Hassanova Assistant Professor, Institute of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Pan-European University, Slovakia. Intern, Central European Academy, Hungary. PhD student, Ferenc Deák Doctoral School of Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, Hungary https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4535-199X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47078/2023.1.51-71

Keywords: international human rights law, international criminal law, prohibition of torture

Abstract

The prohibition of torture as a human right is part of the ius cogens system of international law. Prohibition is derived from the necessity of maintaining the physical and mental integrity of persons, which is embedded in humanity itself. The following article analyses the prohibition of torture in the European human rights framework. The study analyses the universal United Nations Convention against torture, legislative framework of the Council of Europe with its European Convention on Human Rights, and framework established by the European Union, respectively.

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