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Nowak M, Birk M & Monina G (2019) The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Its Optional Protocol: A Commentary
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- Academia
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- Academic literature
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2021
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United Kingdom, Supreme Court (2019) R v TRA, No. EWCA Crim 2843, 13 November 2019
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- National bodies: Domestic courts
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- Jurisprudence: Individual opinion
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2021
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Manfred Nowak (2021) UN Convention against Torture - The Definition of Torture
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- Lecture/Webinar
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- Jan 28, 2021
Learning platform
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
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- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Jan 7, 2021
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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
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- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Jan 7, 2021
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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
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- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Jan 7, 2021
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CAT (1990) Report of the Human Rights Committee
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Jan 6, 2021
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2008) Selected Decisions of the Committee against Torture
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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
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Jan 5, 2021
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CAT (2012) Concluding Observations: Albania, CAT/C/ALB/CO/2
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
- Date modified
- Dec 16, 2020
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ODIHR (2014) Opinion on Article 235 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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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 (2013) Concluding Observations: Andorra, CAT/C/AND/CO/1
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT (2002) A Handbook in State Obligations under the UN Convention against Torture
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- 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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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
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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