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UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (1990) Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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UNGA (1988) Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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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
- Language
- English
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights et al. (2016) Detained and Dehumanised - Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Migrants in Libya
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Report: Country Visit Report
- Report: Thematic Report
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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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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CPT (2018) Transport of detainees
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- Detention: Transfers
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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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CPT (2017) Means of restraint in psychiatric establishments for adults
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- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2015) Juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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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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Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention (1999) Mission on Prisons and Conditions of Detention: Benin
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- African Union (AU): Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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- Academia
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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Council of Europe (2020) COVID-19 RELATED STATEMENT BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR PENOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION WORKING GROUP (PC-CP WG)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
- Document Type
- General Comment
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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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- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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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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- English
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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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FRA (2010) Detention of Third-Country Nationals in Return Procedures
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- Detention: Immigration detention
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- English
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- European Union (EU): European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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- Report: Thematic Report
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WGAD (2006) Situation of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Theme
- 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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- 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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR (2020) Human Rights and Gender Equality during Public Emergencies
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Detention - general
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Language
- English
- Source
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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APT & PRI (2015) LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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APT & PRI (2015) Video recording in police custody: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CPT (1997) Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2009) Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2016) Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2017) Remand detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2018) Women in prison
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CTI and APT (2017) UNCAT Implementation Tool 2/2017: Safeguards in the first hours of police detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Nigeria, A/HRC/7/3/Add.4
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Jordan, A/HRC/4/33/Add.3
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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CPT (1998) Involuntary placement in psychiatric establishments
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- Theme
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2015) Checklist for visits to social care institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty
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- Theme
- Detention: Social welfare institutions
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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