Rights behind Bars – Even for Terrorists

... degrading treatment, well-founded in both treaty [2] and customary law, is absolute, covers everyone without exception, and whatever the reasons for such treatment [3] . The public indignation after the recent Norwegian court decision which decided that Andreas Breivik, killer of 77 people (many of whom were children), suffered from inhuman or degrading treatment in his solitary yet comfortable prison cell, is understandable. A terrorist and children murderer, confined in ‘ the world’s most ...