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CAT (2002) Inquiry procedure: Sri Lanka, A/57/44 (§ 117-195)
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2008) General Comment No. 2 on the implementation of article 2 by States parties, CAT/C/GC/2
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- General Comment
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CAT (2014) Rules of procedure (lastly amended at the 50th session), CAT/C/3/Rev.6
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Rules of Procedure
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CAT (2016) S.V. v Australia, No. 740/2016, 30 December 2020
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- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Discontinuance
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CAT (2018) Annual Report, A/73/44
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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CCPR (2007) General Comment General Comment No. 32, 23 August 2007
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a medical doctor
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- General Comment
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines) 1990
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- Alternative measures to detention
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Human Rights Council (2007) Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Darfur
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- United Nations: Human Rights Council
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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Human Rights Council (2018) Resolution: The negative impact of corruption on the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/RES/37/19
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Corruption
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- United Nations: Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2020) Interim Guidance - COVID-19: Focus on Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- United Nations: World Health Organisation
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Policy Paper/Strategies
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ODIHR (2019) Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & APT & APF (2010) Preventing Torture - An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & UNFPA & The Danish Institute for Human Rights (2014) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights - A Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (1997) Human Rights and Law Enforcement. A Manual on Human Rights Training for the Police
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2002) Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action
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- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2002) Human Rights and Law Enforcement. A Trainer's Guide on Human Rights for the Police
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2003) Digest of Jurisprudence of the UN and Regional Organizations on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2004) Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police. Expanded Pcoket Book on Human Rights for the Police
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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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 (2004) Istanbul Protocol. Manual on the Effective Investigations and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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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
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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) Assessing the Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions
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- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. A Compilation of InternationalHuman Rights Instrumentsconcerning the Administration of Justice
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- Detention: Prisons
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Legal instrument
- Rules of Procedure
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Accountability: Complaints
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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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) Human Rights and Prisons. Trainer's Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
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- Theme
- 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
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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 (2006) Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States - Prosecution initiatives
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Accountability: Transitional justice
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2008) Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2008) Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States - Reparations programmes
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Accountability: Transitional justice
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2009) Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States - National consultations on transitional justice
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- Accountability: Transitional justice
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2010) National Human Rights Institutions - History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities
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- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Report: Thematic Report
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2010) Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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