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CAT (2012) A. A. v Denmark, No. 412/2010, 13 November 2012
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2017
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UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- May 29, 2017
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UNSRT (2008) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/7/3/Add.2
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- May 29, 2017
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CAT (1999) Josu Arkauz Arana v France, No. 63/1997, 9 November 1999
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2018
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IRCT (2013) Recognising victims of torture in national asylum procedures – A comparative overview of early identification of victims and their access to medico-legal reports in asylum-receiving countries
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2016) Falling Through the Cracks: Asylum Procedures and Reception Conditions for Torture Victims in the European Union
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2017) People on the Move: Torture and Migration - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Theme
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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Forschungszentrum Menschenrechte Universität Wien & Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (2014) HUMAN RIGHTS TALK: Menschenrechte hinter Gittern?
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- Type
- Discussion
- Duration
- 2:08:03
- Date added
- May 20, 2019
Learning platform
ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Source
- Academia
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jun 6, 2019
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BIM (2019) Working towards harmonised detention standards in the EU – the role of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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- Project/activity
- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Source
- Academia
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Actors & Projects map
BIM (2018) Die ersten 48 Stunden: Beschuldigtenrechte im polizeilichen Ermittlungsverfahren
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jun 28, 2019
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Volksanwaltschaft - (2019) Präventive Menschenrechtskontrolle 2018
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Military facilities
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Detention: Social welfare institutions
- 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
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date added
- Jul 17, 2019
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Czech Republic - NPM (2017) Report on systematic visits carried out by the public defender of rights 2016
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Transfers
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 19, 2019
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CAT (2019), V. P. v Russia, No. 780/2016, 26 July 2019
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- Nov 5, 2019
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Fair Trials (2015) Using EU Law in Criminal Practice
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- Theme
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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SPT (2020) Advice to the UK NPM regarding compulsory quarantine for Coronavirus
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Quarantine
- Detention Monitoring
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2020
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CAT (2019) E.L.G. v Spain, No. 818/2017, 26 November 2019
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a medical doctor
- Accountability: Complaints
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 9, 2020
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BIM (2020) Open research behind closed doors: Assessing the impact of Covid-19 measures on persons deprived of liberty with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities
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- Project/activity
- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Detention Monitoring
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2020
Actors & Projects map
OSCE (2011) Torture, Ill-treatment and Disciplinary Proceedings in Prisons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Source
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Other OSCE Offices
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR (1999) Human Rights in Kosovo: As Seen, As Told. Volume I, October 1998 - June 1999
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Source
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Aug 3, 2020
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SPT(2019) Country Visit Report: Spain, CAT/OP/ESP/1
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Migration
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date added
- Aug 18, 2020
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Kosovo - NPM (2020) Annual Report 2019
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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Lithuania - NPM (2020) Annual Report 2019
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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France - NPM (2020) Soins Sans Consentement et Droits Fondamentaux
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- Theme
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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Moldova-NPM & CDA (2019) Upholding the Rights of the Foreighn Citizens in the State Custody: Thematic Study
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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Norway - NPM (2020) Use of Restraint Beds in Norwegian Prisons
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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WGAD (1998) Country Visit Report: UK, E/CN.4/1999/63/Add.3
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Source
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date added
- Aug 26, 2020
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WGAD (2005) Country Visit Report: Belarus, E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.3
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date added
- Aug 26, 2020
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CCPR (2020) Rizvan Taysumov et al. v Russian Federation, No. 2339/2014, 11 March 2020
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 22, 2020
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CCPR (2020) Viktor Taran v Ukraine, No. 2368/2014, 12 March 2020
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a medical doctor
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 22, 2020
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