This is a practical guide to the application of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights as incorporated in the Human Rights Act 1998. It guides practitioners through the developing case law, with each chapter highlighting areas most likely to be affected by this provision of the ECHR. - Съдържа: 1. Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment -- 2. Proving violations of Article 3 -- 3. The police -- 4. Prisoners -- 5. Immigration -- 6. Medical treatment -- 7. The treatment of death row and long term prisoners -- 8. Children and young people -- 9. Physical integrity -- 10. Effective remedy. Appendixes: 1. The Human Rights Act -- an international perspective -- 2. Human Rights Act 1998 -- 3. Convention for the Portection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol no. 11 -- 4. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees -- 5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 7. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- 8. Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers -- 9. Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 10. Mental Health Act 1983 -- 11. Convention on the Rights of the Child.*