Security, Transnational Law and Emotions. The History of the Transnational Anti-Torture Regime from the Enlightenment to the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture

No. 2018-01

This article provides an overview of the emergence and persistence of the transnational anti-torture regime from the EnIightenment to the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). To this end, it discusses the complex relations between torture, security, emotions and (international) law by combining different approaches from security studies, law and emotions research. The first part of the article depicts the relations between torture and security by means of a chronological sketch. The second part analyses how and to what extent the prohibition of torture was translated into (inter)national legal regulations. The third and final part examines the significance of emotions, notably disgust, in the transnational anti-torture consensus.

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