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ACmHPR (2017) General Comment No. 4 on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The Right to Redress for Victims of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment (Article 5)
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
- Document Type
- General Comment
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APT & CTI (2017) Overview of anti-torture legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Remedy & reparation
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CAT (2012) Concluding Observations: Armenia, CAT/C/ARM/CO/3
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
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CAT (2012) General Comment No. 3 on the implementation of article 14 by States parties, CAT/C/GC/3
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- General Comment
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CAT (2020) V.A. v Kazakhstan, No. 638/2014, 30 December 2020
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- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Discontinuance
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CEDAW (2019) A.J. et al. v the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, No. 126/2018, 28 October 2019
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2019) J.D. at al. v Czech Republic, No. 102/2016, 16 July 2019
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2020), S.H. v Bosnia, No. 116/2017, 9 July 2020
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University Washington College of Law (2013) Human Rights Brief - Litigation before the UN Committee against Torture: Strengthening this Important Tool against Torture
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CPTA (2012) Report of the Promotion Mission to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- African Union (AU): Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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Fair Trials (2019) Rights Behind Bars: Access to Justice for Victims of Violent Crime Suffered in Detention
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaint procedures and the right to information: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: Prisons
- Remedy & reparation
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
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IRCT (2013) Conference Report: The Right to Rehabilitation for Torture Victims
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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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
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
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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
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- Report: Country Visit Report
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Bolivia
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Germany
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Kenya
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Nigeria
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in the Philippines
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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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
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IRCT (2017) Redress and Reparations for Torture Victims - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2017) Sexual Torture: An insight into needs-based rehabilitation - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Theme
- 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
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Moldova-NPM & CDA (2019) Upholding the Rights of the Foreighn Citizens in the State Custody: Thematic Study
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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ODIHR (2008) Countering Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights: A Manual
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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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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ODIHR (2015) Report on the Human Rights Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Interrogations
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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ODIHR et al. (2018) Second OSCE Workshop on Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- National bodies: Government / Administration
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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