28 min

‘A Man of Action’: Nino and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture Antonio Cassese: The Stubborn Sparrow

    • Documentari

In this episode the co-hosts Salvatore Zappalà and Giulia Pinzauti discuss the contribution of Antonio Cassese (‘Nino’) to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) with Antonio Marchesi, a renowned expert on torture. Nino describes an inspection to a detention unit. His friend and former legal officer at the Yugoslav Tribunal, the late John Jones, tells the story of Nino inspecting a cell in the UN detention unit. Andrew Clapham reads an excerpt explaining why Nino chose to take part in the Committee’s work.

In this episode the co-hosts Salvatore Zappalà and Giulia Pinzauti discuss the contribution of Antonio Cassese (‘Nino’) to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) with Antonio Marchesi, a renowned expert on torture. Nino describes an inspection to a detention unit. His friend and former legal officer at the Yugoslav Tribunal, the late John Jones, tells the story of Nino inspecting a cell in the UN detention unit. Andrew Clapham reads an excerpt explaining why Nino chose to take part in the Committee’s work.

28 min