Members of the community of equals are not to be arbitrarily deprived of their liberty; if they should be imprisoned without due legal process, they have the right to immediate release. The detention of those who have not been convicted of any crime, or of those who are not criminally liable, should be allowed only where it can be shown to be for their own good, or necessary to protect the public from a member of the community who would clearly be a danger to others if at liberty. In such cases, members of the community of equals must have the right to appeal, either directly or, if they lack the relevant capacity, through an advocate, to a judicial tribunal.
3 TheProhibitionofTorture
The deliberate infliction of severe pain on a member of the community of equals, either wantonly or for an alleged benefit to others, is regarded as torture, and is wrong.
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING
Brewer, Gene: TheK-PAXTrilogyfeaturingProt’sReport (Bloomsbury, London, 2003).
Dian Fossey: GorillasintheMist (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1983).
Jane Goodalclass="underline" ThroughaWindow (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1990).
Biruté M.F. Galdikas: ReflectionsofEden (Back Bay Books/Little Brown, Boston, 1995).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was inspired by two unique human beings. Dr. Jane Goodall was the first person to live among the great apes and study them in their natural habitat. The world owes her an incalculable debt. Dr. Oliver Sacks has written extensively on mental illness and related topics. Great inspirations, both.
visit the author at www.genebrewer.com
END NOTES
* from Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer: TheGreatApeProject (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1993).