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UNSRT (2018) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/50
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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UNODC (2020) COVID-19 preparedness and responses in prisons
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2004/56
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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UNSRT (2007) Report to the GA, A/62/221
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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UNSRT (2011) Interim Report to the GA, A/66/268
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- Detention Monitoring
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CCPR (2020) Evgeny Bryukhanov v Russian Federation, No. 2367/2014, 12 March 2020
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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SPT (2021) Protocol for NPM undertaking on-site visits during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, CAT/OP/11
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2021) Follow-up advice of the SPT to States parties and NPMs relating to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, CAT/OP/12
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the GA, A/58/120
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Remedy & reparation
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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UNSRT (2006) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Interrogations
- Detention: Military facilities
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. Trainer's Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
- Training / Activities
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- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) A Pocketbook of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Accountability: Complaints
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CCPR (2019) Vladimir Nuryllayev and Aibek Salayev v Turkmenistan, No. 2448/2014, 29 March 2019
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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UNGA (2015) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Resolution
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UNGA (1990) Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (1997) Human Rights and Law Enforcement. A Manual on Human Rights Training for the Police
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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UNSRT (2009) Interim Report to the GA, A/64/215
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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UNGA (2010) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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SPT (2020) Advice of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to States Parties and National Preventive Mechanismsrelatingto the Coronavirus Pandemic
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Quarantine
- Detention Monitoring
- Language
- English
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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WHO (2020) Preparedness prevention and control of COVID 19 in prisons and other places of detention:Interim Guidance
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: World Health Organisation
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2020) Interim Guidance - COVID-19: Focus on Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- United Nations: World Health Organisation
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Policy Paper/Strategies
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World Health Organisation (2020) Frequently asked questions about prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: World Health Organisation
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (2012) Concluding Observations: Armenia, CAT/C/ARM/CO/3
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
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UNGA (1982) Principles of Medical Ethics
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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UNSRT (2008) Interim Report to the GA, A/63/175
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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UNSRT (2010) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/13/39/Add.5
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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UNSRT (2011) Initial Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/16/52
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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ODIHR (2019) Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CRC (2019) General Comment No. 24 (replacing General Comment No. 10) on Children's Rights in the Child Justice System, CRC/C/GC/24
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Document Type
- General Comment
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