Webinar 79/2016 The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Aim

The aim of this webinar is to inform police officers about the practical aspects of the ban on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This article not only contains a theoretical prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. The provision entails ‘positive obligations’, which State agents such as police officers have to implement in order to render the ban on torture and other ill-treatment, both practical and effective.

A failed positive obligation by a Contracting State through the (in)action of police agents may give rise to a violation of Article 3 ECHR. Hence, the main objective of this webinar is to show police officers the diverse duties that arise from the positive obligations under the mentioned article.

Programme

1. Welcome and housekeeping rules by CEPOL
2. Presentation by Christina Kosin, KORSE (Network of Excellence for the Law of Civil Security in Europe), German Police University, Münster, Germany
3. Questions & Answers
4. Closure and webinar evaluation