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ACmHPR (2012) Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Action on the Prevention and Criminalization of Torture in Africa
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
AI (2005) 12-Point Programme for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania-the Helsinki Committee (2023) Factsheet: Access to a Lawyer
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Factsheet
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (main findings)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (video)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (1998) Guidelines on periodic reports, CAT/C/14/Rev 1
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (2005) Guidelines on Initial reports, CAT/C/4/Rev.3
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (2014) Addis Ababa Guidelines (Annex to Rules of Procedure)
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (2015) Guidelines for follow up to concluding observations, CAT/C/55/3
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CAT (2015) Guidelines on handling allegations of reprisals, CAT/C/55/2
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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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
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CoE (2021), No CM/Rec(2021)2, 31 March 2021, Recommendation on measures against the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (1992) Imprisonment
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (1992) Police custody
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (1993) Health care services in prisons
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (1997) Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (1998) Involuntary placement in psychiatric establishments
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- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2000) Women deprived of their liberty
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
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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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2002) Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of police custody
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- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Source
- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2003) Deportation of foreign nationals by air
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2004) Combating impunity
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2006) CPT Standards: Developments Concerning CPT Standards
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Training / Activities
- Source
- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2009) Checklist for the evaluation of a psychiatric hospital
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2009) Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2010) Electrical discharge weapons
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2011) Access to a lawyer as a means of preventing ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
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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 (2011) Solitary confinement of prisoners
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2013) Documenting and reporting medical evidence of ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2015) Checklist for visits to social care institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty
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- Detention: Social welfare institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2015) Juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
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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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2016) Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2017) Immigration detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
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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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2017) Means of restraint in psychiatric establishments for adults
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- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2017) Remand detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2018) Complaints mechanisms
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2018) Transport of detainees
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- Detention: Transfers
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2018) Women in prison
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2019) Preventing police torture and other forms of ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Interrogations
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CPT (2020) Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
CTI (2019) UN Convention Against Torture - Explainer
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines) 1990
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2020) Interim Guidance - COVID-19: Focus on Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- United Nations: World Health Organisation
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Policy Paper/Strategies
Document
Innovative Prison Systems (2020) COVID19 IPS Basic Guide for Decision Makers on Worldwide Practices and Recommendations
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Irish Council for Civil Liberties (2023) Factsheet: Audio visual recording
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- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Legal standards for NPMs Armenia
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- Detention Monitoring
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (2020) Stellungnahme bezüglich der Situation von Insass*innen der Justizanstalten Österreichs während der COVID-19-Pandemie
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2023) Factsheet: Right to Information
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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ODIHR & APT (2010) Monitoring Places of Detention: A Practical Guide
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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)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
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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- 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
Document
ODIHR & Fair Trials (2020) Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- 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
Document
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
- Source
- 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
Document
ODIHR (2005) Human Dimension Commitments: Thematic Compilation, Second edition
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
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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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
ODIHR (2010) Comments on the draft Law on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
ODIHR (2011) Opinion on the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Seimas Ombudsmen
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
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- 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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ODIHR (2013) Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document