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WGAD (2006) Situation of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- 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
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- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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- Report: Thematic Report
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CCPR (2016) Roy Manojkumar Samathanam v Sri Lanka, No. 2412/2014, 28 October 2016
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- 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
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2016) T.V. and A.G. v Uzbekistan, No. 2044/2011, 11 March 2016
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Hadhoum Hmeed Mohamed v Libya, No. 2046/2011, 17 October 2014
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- 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
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2004/56
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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CPT (2016) Combating ill-treatment in prison
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IACHR (2011) Report on the Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Training / Activities
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- English
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- Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Czech Republic - NPM (2017) Report on systematic visits carried out by the public defender of rights 2016
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Transfers
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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PRI (2018) Mental health in prison - A short guide for prison staff
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CCPR (2015) J.N.G.P. v Uruguay, No. 2395/2014, 23 July 2015
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Misilin Nona Guneththige and Piyawathie Guneththige v Sri Lanka, No. 2087/2011, 30 March 2015
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Transfers
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CRPD (2019) Christopher Leo v Australia, No. 17/2013, 30 August 2019
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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
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2020) R.G. v Kyrgyzstan, No. 133/2018, 3 November 2020
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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BIM (2020) Open research behind closed doors: Assessing the impact of Covid-19 measures on persons deprived of liberty with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities
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- Project/activity
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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
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. Trainer's Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
- Training / Activities
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) A Pocketbook of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CCPR (2019) T. v New Zealand, No. 2684/2015, 29 March 2019
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2015) Y.W. v Denmark, No. 51 2013, 2 March 2015
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CCPR (2018) Maya Abromchik v Belarus, No. 2228/2012, 20 March 2018
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Dmitry Tyan v Kazakhstan, No. 2125/2011, 16 March 2017
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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IRCT (2004) Medical physical examination of alleged torture victims – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for medical doctors
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2012) Forensic Examination Missions by Medical Teams Investigating and Documenting Alleged Cases of Torture: Operational Manual
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a medical doctor
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CCPR (2017) Anton Batanov v the Russian Federation, N0. 2532/2015, 28 July 2017
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- 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 (2016) Mejdoub Chani v Algeria, No. 2297/2013, 11 March 2016
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2016) F.J. et al. v Australia, No. 2233/2013, 22 March 2016
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CRPD (2019) Manuway (Kerry) Doolan v Australia, No. 18/2013, 30 August 2019
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2015) Ramiro Ramírez Martínez et al v Mexico, No. 500/2012, 4 August 2015
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Military facilities
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Individual opinion
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) Ashim Rakishev and Dmitry Rakishev v Kazakhstan, No. 661/2015, 31 July 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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