Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
Contents
Acknowledgements
ii
Foreword
iii
List of abbreviations
iv
Introduction for users
v
Introduction: The concept of torture prevention and its application
1
Part I
Prohibition of torture: The legal background
11
Chapter 1:
What is torture?
12
International and regional instruments on torture and other
forms of ill-treatment
16
Chapter 2:
Part II
Preventing torture: NHRIs in action
25
Section I
Promoting an effective legal framework
27
Chapter 3:
Promoting legal and procedural reforms
28
Section II
Contributing to the implementation of the
legal framework
35
Chapter 4:
Investigating allegations of torture
36
Chapter 5:
Interviewing
43
Chapter 6:
Training public officials
55
Section III
Acting as a control mechanism
61
Chapter 7:
Cooperating with international mechanisms
62
Chapter 8:
Monitoring places of detention
82
Chapter 9:
Promoting public awareness
93
Section IV
Cross-cutting actions
97
Chapter 10:
NHRIs and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
98
Chapter 11:
Public inquiries
Summary
Readings available in the CD-Rom
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