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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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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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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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- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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CAT (2019) Hany Khater v Morocco, No. 782/2016, 22 November 2019
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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WGAD (2006) Situation of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Military facilities
- Detention: Transfers
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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WGAD (1996) Country Visit Report: Nepal, E/CN.4/1997/4/Add.2
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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CCPR (2018) Ozoda Yakubova v Uzbekistan, No. 2577/2015, 6 April 2018
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) D.S. v the Russian Federation, No. 2705/2015, 14 July 2017
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CCPR (2016) Roy Manojkumar Samathanam v Sri Lanka, No. 2412/2014, 28 October 2016
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Nura Hamulić and Halima Hodžić v Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 2022/2011, 30 March 2015
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Military facilities
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Mamatkarim Ernazarov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2054/2011, 25 March 2015
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Sapardurdy Khadzhiev v Turkmenistan, No. 2079/2011, 1 April 2015
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- Theme
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Aïcha Dehimi and Noura Ayache v Algeria, No. 2086/2011, 30 October 2014
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Vasily Yuzepchuk v Belarus, No. 1906/2009, 24 October 2014
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Olga Kozulina v Belarus, No. 1773/2008, 21 October 2014
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2014) Hadhoum Hmeed Mohamed v Libya, No. 2046/2011, 17 October 2014
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Sharmila Tripath v Nepal, No. 2111/2011, 29 October 2014
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (1995) B.M'B. v Tunisia, No. 14/1994, 5 May 1995
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CAT (1999) Khaled Ben M’Barek v Tunisia, No. 60/1996, 10 November 1999
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (1999) Josu Arkauz Arana v France, No. 63/1997, 9 November 1999
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2013) Djamila Bendib v Algeria, No. 376/2009, 8 November 2013
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2015) X. v Burundi, No. 553/2013, 10 August 2015
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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UNSRT (2016) Communications Report, A/HRC/31/57/Add.1
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CAT (2018) Estela Deolinda Yrusta and Alejandra del Valle Yrusta v Argentina, No. 778/2016, 23 November 2018
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2020) Aïcha Habouchi v Algeria, No. 2819/2016, 27 March 2020
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2020) Evgeny Bryukhanov v Russian Federation, No. 2367/2014, 12 March 2020
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
Document
CERD (2005) Draft General recommendation 31 on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system, CERD/C/GC/31/Rev.4
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CCPR (2018) Ahmed Khaleel v the Maldives, No. 2785/2016, 27 July 2018
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
Document
CCPR (2018) Gyan Devi Bolakhe v. Nepal, No. 2658/2015, 19 July 2018
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Arsen Ambaryan v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2162/2012, 28 July 2017
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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