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UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in 1984, entered into force in 1987 (CAT)
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2017
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Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, adopted in 2002, entered into force in 2006 (OPCAT)
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2017
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
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- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Jan 23, 2018
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UNGA (2012) Resoultion: Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in the Criminal Justice System
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Resolution
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (1985) Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (1990) Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (2010) Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (1988) Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (1990) Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) entry into force 23 March 1976
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) entry into force 3 September 1981
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) entry into force 4 January 1969
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) entered into force 1 July 2003
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) entry into force 23 December 2010
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) entry into force 2 September 1990
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (CRPD) entry into force 3 May 2008
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention) entry into force 22 April 1954
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- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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UNGA (1990) Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules)
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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UNGA (1982) Principles of Medical Ethics
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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UNGA (2010) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2019
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2004) Istanbul Protocol. Manual on the Effective Investigations and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- Theme
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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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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- Theme
- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Legal instrument
- Rules of Procedure
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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