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Research Centre Human Rights University of Vienna & BIM (2013) Nothing can justify torture - From Legal Prohibition to Enforcement and Implementation
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- Discussion
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- 1:47:21
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
Learning platform
PRI & HREA (2013) Women in Detention: putting the Bangkok Rules into practice (e-course)
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- Training
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
Learning platform
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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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
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CAT (2014) Sergei Kirsanov v Russian Federation, No. 478/2011, 14 May 2014
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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
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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Univ. of Essex HR Cerntre and PRI (2017) Essex Paper 3: Initial Guidance on the Interpretation and Implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2018) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/50
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2019) Hany Khater v Morocco, No. 782/2016, 22 November 2019
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- 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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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNODC (2020) COVID-19 preparedness and responses in prisons
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR & APT (2020) Guidance - Monitoring places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
Document
ODIHR (2008) Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2015) Déogratias Niyonzima v Burundi, No. 514/2012, 21 November 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2015) X. v Burundi, No. 553/2013, 10 August 2015
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- 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
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2016) B. R. v Italy, No. 598/2014, 29 April 2016
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Training / Activities
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2014) Rasim Bairamov v Kazakhstan, No. 497/2012, 14 May 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
Document
CPT (2011) Solitary confinement of prisoners
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2004/56
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2007) Report to the GA, A/62/221
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2011) Interim Report to the GA, A/66/268
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2016) Combating ill-treatment in prison
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR & PRI (2018) Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules: Implementing the United Nations Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2012) A. A. v Denmark, No. 412/2010, 13 November 2012
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2017) J.B. v Switzerland, No. 721/2015, 17 November 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
Document
CPT (2001) Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of imprisonment
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2015) Living space per prisoner in prison establishments: CPT standards
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the GA, A/58/120
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Remedy & reparation
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2006) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Interrogations
- Detention: Military facilities
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Sudan/Darfur, A/HRC/5/6
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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