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ACHPR (2012) Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
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- Inquiry Procedure
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ACmHPR (2012) Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Action on the Prevention and Criminalization of Torture in Africa
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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ACmHPR (2012) Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to the Sahrawi Arab Democractic Republic
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
- African Union (AU): Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- African Union (AU): Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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APT & PRI (2018) Incident management and independent investigations - Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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APT (2008) Torture in International Law: A guide to jurisprudence
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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BIM (2020) Strengthening the Rights of Suspects and Accused in Criminal Proceedings
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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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- 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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CoE (2014) Effective Investigation of Ill-Treatment. Guidelines on European Standards
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CPT (2004) Combating impunity
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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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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CPT (2018) A brief introduction to investigative interviewing
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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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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CPT (2018) Complaints mechanisms
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- Accountability: Complaints
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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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CPTA (2012) Report of the Promotion Mission to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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- 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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Defence for Children International - Belgium (2016) Practical Guide - Monitoring places where children are deprived of liberty
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Fair Trials (2017) Report The Disappearing Trial. Towards a rights-based approach to trial waiver systems
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Report: Thematic Report
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Fair Trials (2018) Beyond Surrender. Putting Human Rights at the Heart of the European Arrest Warrant
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Report: Thematic Report
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Fair Trials (2018) Dismantling the Tools of Oppression: Ending the Misuse of INTERPOL
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
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- 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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- 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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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaint procedures and the right to information: Briefing Paper
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- Accountability: Complaints
- 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
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2009) Psychological evaluation of torture allegations – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for psychologists
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2009) Shedding light on a dark practice – Using the Istanbul Protocol to document torture
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2012) A Practical Guide to the UPR – How NGOs can influence the Universal Periodic Review process
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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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
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2013) Engaging with UN Human Rights Mechanisms: An Introduction
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2013) Getting the evidence – Countering torture through medico-legal documentation
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR & Fair Trials (2020) Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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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
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ODIHR (2003) Individual Human Rights Complaints: A Handbook for OSCE Field Personnel
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Detention: Detention - general
- Interrogations
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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 (2008) Countering Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights: A Manual
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- 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
- Source
- 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 (2011) Opinion on the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Seimas Ombudsmen
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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ODIHR (2012) Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
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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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