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Univ. of Essex HR Cerntre and PRI (2017) Essex Paper 3: Initial Guidance on the Interpretation and Implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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Council of Europe (2020) COVID-19 RELATED STATEMENT BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR PENOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION WORKING GROUP (PC-CP WG)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- English
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- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
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- General Comment
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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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ODIHR & APT (2020) Guidance - Monitoring places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- 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
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ODIHR (2008) Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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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
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ODIHR (2020) Human Rights and Gender Equality during Public Emergencies
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Detention - general
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
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- English
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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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- Report: Thematic Report
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CPT (2011) Solitary confinement of prisoners
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2017) Inspection of a prison medical service by a CPT doctor - Checklist
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- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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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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- 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
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- 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
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- Report: Thematic Report
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CPT (2016) Combating ill-treatment in prison
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IACHR (2011) Report on the Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Training / Activities
- Language
- English
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- Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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IACHR (2013) Report on the Use of Pretrial Detention in the Americas
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention Monitoring
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- English
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- Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
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- Report: Thematic Report
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PRI (2018) Mental health in prison - A short guide for prison staff
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR & PRI (2018) Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules: Implementing the United Nations Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Independent Expert Manfred Nowak (2019): United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- 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
- Language
- 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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ODIHR (2021) Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel: Compendium of Standards, Good Practices and Recommendations
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention: Military facilities
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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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
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CPT (2001) Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of imprisonment
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2015) Living space per prisoner in prison establishments: CPT standards
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the GA, A/58/120
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- Theme
- 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
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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ODIHR (2008) Gender and Security Sector Reform: Penal Reform and Gender
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Language
- English
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- 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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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
- Language
- English
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- 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) 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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