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Force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike : right to self-determination versus right to intervention
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Force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike : right to self-determination versus right to intervention / Pauline Jacobs.
ISBN
9781780680958 (pbk)
1780680953 (pbk)
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia ; Portland, OR : Distribution for the USA and Canada, International Specialized Book Services, c2012.
Physical Description
xx, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-358).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.What is this book about?
2.Reasons for research and the research question
3.Medical (law) approach or human right approach?
4.Delineation
5.Structure of the book
6.Methodology
ch. One Prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
1.Introduction
2.Definitions
2.1.Prisoner, detainee and custody
2.2.Prison and other place of detention
2.3.Physician and doctor
2.4.Force-feeding and artificial feeding
2.5.Hunger strike and food refusal
2.5.1.Hunger strike as a determined effort
2.5.2.Competence
2.5.3.Refusal of food - difference from thirst strike
2.5.A. A form of protest
3.Difference from suicide and euthanasia
4."On and off" hunger striking
5.The physical consequences of a hunger strike
6.Recovery after a hunger strike
7.Death as result of a hunger strike
8.Procedures for force-feeding and artificial feeding
8.1.Enteral feeding
8.2.Parenteral feeding
Contents note continued: 8.3.The use of force and medical risks
9.Conclusions
ch. Two The concept of personal autonomy, the right to self-determination and informed consent and refusal in health care
1.Introduction
2.Definitions of personal autonomy and the right to self-determination
3.The relationship between the concepts of personal autonomy, the right to self-determination, the right to physical integrity and informed consent and refusal
4.Informed consent
4.1.Explicit, implicit and presumed consent
4.2.Elements of informed consent in the context of hunger strike
4.2.1.Voluntariness
4.2.1.1.Categories of influence: coercion
4.2.1.2.Categories of influence: persuasion
4.2.1.3.Categories of influence: manipulation
4.2.2.Disclosure
4.2.3.Understanding
4.3.Informed refusal
4.4.Exceptions to informed consent and refusal
5.Paternalism
6.Competence
6.1.Definition
6.2.Competence in hunger strikes
Contents note continued: 7.Surrogate decision-making for incompetent patients
8.Expressions and codifications of personal autonomy, the right to self-determination and Informed consent
8.1.The EComHR and the ECtHR on personal autonomy, the right to self-determination and informed consent and refusal
8.2.WMA Declaration on the Rights of the Patient on the right to self-determination and informed consent
8.3.UN Istanbul Protocol on informed consent
8.4.Biomedicine Convention and informed consent and refusal
9.Conclusions
ch. Three The prisoner's and detainee's personal autonomy and right to self-determination in health care
1.Introduction
2.Health care in prisons and other places of detention
2.1.International standards
2.1.1.A right to health care for prisoners and detainees?
2.1.2.Equivalence of care
2.1.3.Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and health care
2.2.European standards
Contents note continued: 2.2.1.The European Prison Rules and health care in prisons and other places of detention
2.2.2.Positive obligations under Article 3 ECHR and health care in prisons and other places of detention
2.2.3.Equivalence of care
2.2.4.CPT and health care in prisons and other places of detention
3.Dual loyalties
4.Human rights for prisoners and detainees or "inherent limitations"?
5.Positive obligations on the basis of Article 2 ECHR
6.The prisoner's and detainee's right to consent to and refuse medical treatment
6.1.International standards
6.2.European standards
6.2.1.The Recommendation concerning the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prison
6.2.2.Protection against forced medical treatment on the basis of Articles 3 and 8 ECHR
6.2.2.1.The absolute character of Article 3 ECHR
6.2.2.2.The terms of Article 3 ECHR
6.2.2.3.A minimum level of severity
Contents note continued: 6.2.2.4.Protection against forced medical treatment on the basis of Article 3 ECHR
6.2.2.5.Protection against forced medical treatment on the basis of Article 8 ECHR
6.2.2.6.Restrictions on the right to private life of Article 8 ECHR
7.Conclusions
ch. Four Arguments for and against force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
1.Introduction
2.Arguments against force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
2.1.Force-feeding infringes upon the prisoners' or detainees' right to self-determination
2.2.Force-feeding is a form of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
2.3.Force-feeding contravenes medical ethics
2.4.Force-feeding is a violation of the hunger striker's freedom of expression
2.5.Hunger striking is a form of non-violent protest that must be tolerated
2.6.Force-feeding is a violation of the hunger striker's right to health
Contents note continued: 3.Arguments for force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.1.The State's duty to protect health and preserve the life of prisoners and detainees
3.2.The need to constrain manipulative efforts by prisoners and detainees
3.3.Preserving internal order, security and discipline within the prison or other place of detention
3.4.Hunger strike is a form of suicide and should therefore be prevented
3.5.The prevention of martyrdom
3.6.Making sure that the hunger striker lives to stand trial so that justice can be done
3.7.Gathering information from the suspect in pre-trial detention
3.8.Interests of dependent third parties
3.9.The hunger striker's own interest in preserving his health and life
4.Conclusions
ch. Five International and European documents and case law on force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
1.Introduction
Contents note continued: 2.International documents and case law on force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
2.1.The UN
2.1.1.Principles of Medical Ethics
2.1.2.The SMR
2.1.3.The Geneva Conventions
2.1.4.UN human rights review mechanisms
2.1.5.The CESCR
2.1.6.The Human Rights Committee
2.1.7.CAT
2.1.8.The Special Rapporteur on the right to health and the Special Rapporteur on torture
2.1.9.The ICTY
2.1.10.Conclusions
2.2.The WMA
2.2.1.The Declaration of Tokyo
2.2.2.The Declaration of Malta
2.3.The International Council of Nurses
2.4.Conclusions
3.European documents and case law on force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.1.Recommendation Concerning the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prisons and force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.2.EPR and force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
Contents note continued: 3.3.Biomedicine Convention and force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.4.The EComHR and ECtHR and prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.4.1.1977 EComHR Gallagher v the Netherlands
3.4.2.1984 EComHR R., S., A. and C. v Portugal
3.4.3.1984 EComHR X v Germany
3.4.4.1992 ECtHR Herczegfalvy v Austria
3.4.5.1997 EComHR Ilijkov v Bulgaria
3.4.6.2005 ECtHR Nevmerzhitsky v Ukraine
3.4.7.2007 ECtHR Ciorap v Moldova
3.4.8.2009 ECtHR Horoz v Turkey
3.4.9.2009 ECtHR Pandjikidze and Others v Georgia
3.4.10.2010 ECtHR Dermanovic v Serbia
3.4.11.Conclusions
3.5.The CPT and force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
3.5.1.The CPT's and the ECtHR's view on force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
4.NGO analysis of force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
4.1.Penal Reform International
4.2.Amnesty International
4.3.The ICRC
Contents note continued: 4.4.The Johannes Wier Foundation
5.Conclusions
ch. Six Force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike: current policies and their development in the Netherlands, Germany, and England and Wales
1.Introduction
2.The Netherlands
2.1.Introduction
2.2.Legal framework
2.3.Article 32 PPA
2.4.The prison physician
2.5.Article 32 PPA and force-feeding prisoners and detainees on hunger strike
2.6.The 1985 circular of the State Secretary of Justice
2.7.Advance directives
2.8.Policy challenged: the case of Volkert van der G
2.9.The case of Seselj
2.10.Legal remedy
2.11.Conclusions
3.Germany
3.1.Introduction
3.1.Legal framework
3.3.The RAF hunger strikes and the death of Holger Meins
3.4.Section 101 of the Enforcement of Punishments Act and force feeding prisoners on hunger strike: creation and development
Contents note continued: 3.5.The current Section 101 of the Enforcement of Punishments Act and force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike
3.6.Zumutbarkeit
3.7.Proportionality (Verhaltnismaßigkeit)
3.8.Who decides?
3.9.Codification of coercive medical treatment after the reform of federalism
3.10.Current situation
3.11.Conclusions
4.England and Wales
4.1.Introduction
4.2.Legal framework
4.3.Judicial review
4.4.Force-feeding of suffragettes
4.5.Policy changed: the 1974 Home Secretary's statement on force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike
4.6.The case of R v Home Secretary, ex parte Robb
4.7.No obligation, but a right to force-feed?
4.8.The case of R v Collins, ex parte Brady
4.9.Current policy on hunger strike in prison and guidance by the Department of Health
4.10.Death as result of a hunger strike
4.11.Conclusions
5.Conclusions
ch. Seven Synthesis
1.Introduction
2.The assessment of (in)competence
Contents note continued: 3.Basic principle: respect for the competent prisoner's and detainee's right to self-determination
4.Food refusal by incompetent prisoners and detainees
5.Exception to the basic principle of respect for the competent prisoner's right to self-determination
5.1.The proposed exception in the light of Articles 3 and 8 ECHR
5.2.The role of the judge in the proposed exception
5.3.The proposed exception and the situation in the Netherlands, Germany, and England and Wales
5.3.1.The Netherlands
5.3.2.Germany
5.3.3.England and Wales
5.4.The proposed exception and the physician's medical ethics.
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