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APF, APT & Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2010) Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CAT (1994) Inquiry procedure: Turkey, A/49/44 (§172-177)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (1996) Inquiry procedure: Egypt, A5144 (§ 180-222)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2001) Inquiry procedure: Peru, A/56/44 (§144-193)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2002) Inquiry procedure: Sri Lanka, A/57/44 (§ 117-195)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2003) Inquiry procedure: Mexico, CAT/C/75, 26 May 2003
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2004) Inquiry procedure: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, A5944 (§156-240)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2008) Inquiry procedure: Brazil, CAT/C/39/2, 3 March 2009
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2017) Inquiry procedure: Egypt, A/72/44 (§ 58-71)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CCPR (1992) General Comment No. 20 on article 7 (Prohibition of Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), CCPR/C/GC/20
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CCPR (1994) Barbarín Mojica v Dominican Republic, No. 449/1991, 15 July 1994
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2006) Concluding Observations: United States, CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
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CCPR (2012) Joyce Nawila Chiti v Zambia, No. 1303/2004, 26 July 2012
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2013) Svetlana Zhuk v Belarus, No. 1910/2009, 30 October 2013
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CED (2016) Estela Deolinda Yrusta and Alejandra del Valle Yrusta v Argentina, No. 1/2013, 11 March 2016
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
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- United Nations: Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2007) N.S.F. v the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, No. 10/2005, 30 May 2007
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2011) Guadalupe Herrera Rivera v Canada, No.26/2010, 18 October 2011
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2011) Inga Abramova v Belraus, No. 23/2009, 25 July 2011
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2011) T.P.F. v Peru, No. 22/2009, 17 October 2011
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2012) M.P.M. v Canada, No. 25/2010, 24 February 2012
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2013) General Recommendation No. 30 On Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post Conflict Situations, CEDAW/C/GC/30
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Transitional justice
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CEDAW (2013) M.E.N. v Denmark, No.35/2011, 6 October 2011
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Jurisprudence: Individual opinion
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CEDAW (2013) M.N.N. v Denmark, No. 33/2011, 15 July 2013
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2013) M.S. v Denmark, No. 40/2012, 22 July 2013
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2014) Angela González Carreño v Spain, No. 47/2012, 16 July 2014
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2014) N. v Netherlands, No. 39/2012, 17 February 2014
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2014) S.O. v Canada, No. 49/2013, 27 October 2014
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2014) Y.C. v Denmark, No. 59/2013, 24 October 2014
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2015) M.C. v Denmark, No. 56/2013, 9 November 2015
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2015) X. and Y. v Georgia, No. 24/2009, 13 July 2015
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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