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APT & CTI (2016) Guide on Anti-torture Legislation
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Nov 7, 2016
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APT (2016) Monitoring psychiatric institutions
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 27, 2017
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APT (2014) Beware the gift of poison fruit: Sharing information with States that torture
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 20, 2017
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APT (2012) The exclusionary rule: international law prohibits the use of evidence obtained through torture, Background Bulletin, 27 July 2012
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- Evidence extracted by torture
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 20, 2017
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HRW (2010) "No Questions Asked" Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture
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- Evidence extracted by torture
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 20, 2017
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ICJ (2009) Assessing Damage, Urging Action
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Nov 8, 2017
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2013) Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Election of Treaty Body Members: A Guide for United Nations Delegates Based in New York
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Nov 28, 2017
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2015) Handbook for Human Rights Treaty Body Members
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Nov 28, 2017
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OHCHR (2013) Individual Complaint Procedures Under the United Nations Human Rights Treaties
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Nov 29, 2017
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HRW (2005) Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances no Safeguard against Torture
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- Non refoulement & extradition
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Jan 24, 2018
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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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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Feb 5, 2018
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CTI (2017) CTI Training Tools 1/2017: Investigative Interviewing for Criminal Cases
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- Interrogations
- Training / Activities
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- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Feb 6, 2018
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CTI and APT (2017) UNCAT Implementation Tool 2/2017: Safeguards in the first hours of police detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 23, 2018
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CTI and APT (2016) UNCAT Ratification Tool
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 23, 2018
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CTI (2018) UNCAT Implementation Tool 4/2018: Non-refoulement Procedures and Safeguards
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- Non refoulement & extradition
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- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 23, 2018
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CTI (2017) UNCAT Implementation Tool 3/2017: Reporting to the Committee against Torture
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- Accountability: Complaints
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 23, 2018
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APT (2013) Alternative reporting to the Committee against Torture
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Mar 23, 2018
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APT (2008) Torture in International Law: A guide to jurisprudence
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Balancing Security and Dignity in Prisons a framework for preventive monitoring
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Women in detention: a guide to gender-sensitive monitoring
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT (2015) Addressing vulnerabilities of LGBT persons in detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Pre-Trail Detention: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Video recording in police custody: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Staff working conditions: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Body searches: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 12, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Instruments of Restraint: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) Institutional Culture in Detention: A framework for preventive monitoring
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2018
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APT & PRI (2015) LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 30, 2018
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APT (2014) UNCAT Signature and Ratification
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 30, 2018
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APT (2002) A Handbook in State Obligations under the UN Convention against Torture
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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CoE (2014) Effective Investigation of Ill-Treatment. Guidelines on European Standards
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 25, 2019
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CPT (2018) A brief introduction to investigative interviewing
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 25, 2019
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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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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 25, 2019
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CPT (2014) Prisons health care and medical ethics
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- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 25, 2019
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ODIHR (2018) The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
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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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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 31, 2019
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ODIHR (2009) The Fight against Torture
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
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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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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 31, 2019
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ODIHR & APT (2002) Monitoring places of detention: a practical guide for NGOs
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- Detention Monitoring
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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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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 31, 2019
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ODIHR (2012) Legal Digest of International Fair Trial Rights
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- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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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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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 31, 2019
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Univ. of Bristol, HRIC and The Slynn Foundation (2014) Building Human Rights into Pratice - A Training Manual for Judges and Prosecutors on the Application of Human Rights Law in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Palestine
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- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Jan 31, 2019
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Univ. of Bristol and PRI (2016) Monitoring Prisoners with Special Needs - Practical Monitoring Tool for LGBTI Prisoners, Older Prisoners, Prisoners with Disabilities and Foreign National Prisoners
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- Detention Monitoring
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 31, 2019
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IRCT (2004) Medical physical examination of alleged torture victims – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for medical doctors
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2009) Action against torture – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for lawyers
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2009) Psychological evaluation of torture allegations – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for psychologists
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2009) Shedding light on a dark practice – Using the Istanbul Protocol to document torture
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2012) Forensic Examination Missions by Medical Teams Investigating and Documenting Alleged Cases of Torture: Operational Manual
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a medical doctor
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2012) Working with the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture: A practical guide for NGOs engaging with the process of SPT country visits
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2013) Getting the evidence – Countering torture through medico-legal documentation
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2012) A Practical Guide to the UPR – How NGOs can influence the Universal Periodic Review process
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2013) Engaging with UN Human Rights Mechanisms: An Introduction
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2013) Engaging with State reviews in the UN Committee against Torture: A practical guide
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2013) Engaging with European Union foreign policy on the ground – An IRCT guide
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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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
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2014) In pursuit of justice: The importance of psychosocial support for torture victims participating in legal proceedings
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
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- 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
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- 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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- Detention: Immigration detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 11, 2019
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IRCT (2017) Sexual Torture: An insight into needs-based rehabilitation - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2019
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IRCT (2017) Redress and Reparations for Torture Victims - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2019
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IRCT (2013) Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors - A Resource Kit for Service Providers
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- Theme
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2019
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IRCT (2015) Great Lakes Project: Providing holistic and community–based rehabilitation to victims of torture in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2019
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OMCT (2014) Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Practitioner’s Handbook
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2019
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