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United Kingdom, House of Lords (2005) A et al v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, UKHL 71, 8 December 2005
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- National bodies: Domestic courts
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 7, 2016
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CAT (2008) Kostadin Nikolov Keremedchiev v Bulgaria, No. 257/2004, 11 November 2008
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 30, 2017
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CAT (2009) Besim Osmani v Serbia, No. 261/2005, 8 May 2009
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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
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 30, 2017
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CAT (2011) Dmytro Slyusar v Ukraine, No. 353/2008, 14 November 2011
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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
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2017
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CAT (2012) Fatou Sonko v Spain, No. 368/2008, 25 November 2011
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2017
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CAT (2012) A. A. v Denmark, No. 412/2010, 13 November 2012
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2017
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CAT (2014) Sergei Kirsanov v Russian Federation, No. 478/2011, 14 May 2014
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- 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
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 18, 2017
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CAT (2004) Inquiry procedure: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, A5944 (§156-240)
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- 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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- Apr 20, 2017
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CAT (2016) B. R. v Italy, No. 598/2014, 29 April 2016
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Training / Activities
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- May 8, 2017
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CAT (2016) X. v. Switzerland, No. 686/2015, 5 December 2016
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- Sep 6, 2017
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CAT (2006) A. A. C. v Sweden, No. 227/2003, 16 November 2006
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2017
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CCPR (2013) Svetlana Zhuk v Belarus, No. 1910/2009, 30 October 2013
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2017
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CAT (2005) R. D. v Sweden, No. 220/2002, 2 May 2005
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 9, 2018
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CAT (2004) Helle Jensen v Denmark, No. 202/2002, 5 May 2004
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- Mar 12, 2018
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CAT (2003) T. M. v Sweden, No. 228/2003, 18 November 2003
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 12, 2018
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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
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2018
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CAT (1998) G.R.B. v Sweden, No. 83/1997, 15 May 1998
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 5, 2018
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CAT (1997) Cyril Le Gayic et al. v France, No. 46/1996, 9 May 1997
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- Apr 5, 2018
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CAT (2017) Olga Shestakova v Russia, No. 712/2015, 28 November 2017
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- Theme
- 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 added
- Apr 23, 2018
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CAT (2017) J.B. v Switzerland, No. 721/2015, 17 November 2017
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- Theme
- 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
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2018
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CAT (2015) N. B. v Russian Federation, No. 577/2013, 25 November 2015
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date added
- May 3, 2018
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CAT (1990) Report of the Human Rights Committee
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Oct 5, 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
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 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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- 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
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 19, 2019
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SPT (2019) Reply to Country Visit Report: Portugal, CAT/OP/PRT/1/add1
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- National bodies: Government / Administration
- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Report: State Report / Reply
- Date added
- Sep 13, 2019
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CAT (2019) A v Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 854/2017, 2 August 2019
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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
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 5, 2019
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United Kingdom, Supreme Court (2019) R v TRA, No. EWCA Crim 2843, 13 November 2019
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- National bodies: Domestic courts
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- Jurisprudence: Individual opinion
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2019
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ODIHR (2018) Opinion on Definition of Torture and its Absolute Prohibition in Polish Legislation
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Nov 29, 2019
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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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OSCE (2005) Human Rights and Law Enforcement - Booklet of Human Rights for Police
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Other OSCE Offices
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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