TY - BOOK AU - Nowak, Manfred AU - Mcarthur, Elizabeth TI - The United Nations Convention Against Torture: A Commentary SN - 9780199280001 U1 - 341.48 PY - 2008/// CY - UK PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law KW - International Law N1 - The prohibition of torture - the right to physical and mental integrity - is guaranteed in the strongest terms under international law. It is protected as an absolute right, non-derogable even in times of war or public emergency under many human rights treaties and is also generally accepted as a part of customary international law and even ius cogens. ER -