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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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Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines) 1990
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- 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
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Policy Paper/Strategies
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & APT & APF (2010) Preventing Torture - An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. A Compilation of InternationalHuman Rights Instrumentsconcerning the Administration of Justice
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- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Legal instrument
- Rules of Procedure
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2008) Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2009) Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States - National consultations on transitional justice
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- Accountability: Transitional justice
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2010) Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2012) The United Nations Human Right Treaty System
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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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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2013) Individual Complaint Procedures under the United Nations Human Right Treaties
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- Accountability: Complaints
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2015) Commissions of Inquiry and Fact-Finding Missions on International Human Rigths and Humanitarian Law - Guidance and Practice
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2018) Preventing Torture - The Role of National Preventive Mechanisms. A Practical Guide
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- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2018) Integrating a Gender Perspective into Human Rights Investigations. Guidance and Practice
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2020) Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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OHCHR (2009) Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Fact Sheet No. 6 Rev. 3
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2010) Guidelines on national preventive mechanisms, CAT/OP/12/5
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2010) The approach of the SPT to the concept of prevention of torture and other ill-treatment, CAT/OP/12/6
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2012) Preliminary guide - Analytical self-assessment tool for NPMs, CAT/OP/1
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2014) Statement on the obligations of State parties under OPCAT, CAT/OP/24/1
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2015) Guidelines on visits to States parties, CAT/OP/5
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2016) Analytical assesment tool for NPMs, CAT/OP/1/Rev.1
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- Detention Monitoring
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2016) Persons institutionalized and treated medically without informed consent, CAT/OP/27/2
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2016) Policy of the SPT on reprisals in relation to its visiting mandate, CAT/OP/6/Rev.1
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2016) Women deprived of their liberty, CAT/OP/27/1
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- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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SPT (2019) NPM checklist on health-care issues relating to the monitoring of places of detention, CAT/OP/7
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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SPT (2019) Rules of Procedure, CAT/OP/3/Rev.2
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- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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