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Government blocks torture committee appointment

01 May 1993

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The government has blocked the appointment of a criminologist, Silvia Casale, to the European Committee against Torture, a Council of Europe body set up to uphold human rights in prisons and police stations in the 26 signatory countries of the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture and Degrading Treatment. It has rejected Ms Casale's appointment by the Home office on the ground that "we need to reward a Conservative party loyalist with the job", and will put forward a list of suitable candidates drawn up by Conservative central Office. Britain's last appointment to the committee, now retiring, has proved something of an embarrassment with his forthright support for the death penalty and corporal punishment.

Guardian 7.5.93.

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