LLM Public International Law Graduate with interest in Human Rights and International Criminal Law
When the Pentagon announced it would livestream an execution, the UN Human Rights Office warned that public executions could breach the absolute prohibition on torture and degrading treatment. This article asks whether that designation is legally accurate. It argues that while the death penalty i…
A view of the entrance to Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, previous headquarters of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights which was abandoned due to budgetary constrains. Photo by: Jean-Marc Ferré / U.N.
