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UNSRT (2017) Report to the GA, A/72/178
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Thematic Report
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- Oct 1, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Purna Maya v Nepal, No. 2245/2013, 17 March 2017
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Military facilities
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Siobhán Whelan v Ireland, No. 2425/2014, 17 March 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) M.Z.B.M. v Denmark, No. 2593/2015, 20 March 2017
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Ulyana Zakharenko and Elena Zakharenko v Belarus, No. 2586/2015, 17 March 2017
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Malika El Boathi v Algeria, No. 2259/2013, 17 March 2017
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Anton Batanov v the Russian Federation, N0. 2532/2015, 28 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Dzhuraboy Boboev v Tajikistan, No. 2173/2012, 19 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Amarasinghe Arachchige Simon Amarasinghe v Sri Lanka, No. 2209/2012, 13 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) X. v Sri Lanka, No. 2256/2013, 27 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Arsen Ambaryan v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2162/2012, 28 July 2017
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Fakhridin Ashirov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2435/2014, 28 July 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) Basem Ahmed Issa Yassin et al. v Canada, No. 2285/2013, 26 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) J.B. v Australia, No. 2798/2016, 21 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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- Sep 13, 2021
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CCPR (2017) B.Z. et al. v Albania, No. 2837/2016, 8 November 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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- Sep 13, 2021
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2017) UN Human Rights Report 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Jan 5, 2021
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UNODC & Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2017) Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Interrogations
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Jan 5, 2021
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CMW/CRC (2017) Joint general comment No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return, CMW/C/GC/4-CRC/C/GC/23
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Immigration detention
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- United Nations: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of the Child
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- General Comment
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CRPD (2017) X v United Republic of Tanzania, No. 22/2014, 18 August 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CRPD (2017) L.M.L. v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, No. 27/2015, 24 March 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CEDAW (2017) S.J.A. v Denmark, No. 79/2014, 6 November 2017
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- 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
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CEDAW (2017) O.G. v Russian Federation, No. 91/2015, 6 November 2017
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- 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
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CCPR (2017) Z.Z. v Australia, No. 2941/2017, 21 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Dec 17, 2020
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CEDAW (2017) General Recommendation No. 35 on Gender-based Violence against Women, updating General Recommendation No. 19, CEDAW/C/GC/35
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- General Comment
- Date modified
- Dec 16, 2020
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CAT (2017) G.N. v Burundi, No. 579/2013, 1 May 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Dec 16, 2020
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CAT (2017) Olga Shestakova v Russia, No. 712/2015, 28 November 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2017) Aleksei Ushenin v. Kazakhstan, No. 651/2015, 12 May 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2017) D.C. and D.E. v Georgia, No. 573/2013, 12 May 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Interrogations
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2017) J.B. v Switzerland, No. 721/2015, 17 November 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2017) Rached Jaïdane v Tunisia, No. 654/2015, 11 August 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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