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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
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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ACmHPR (2011) Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and INTERIGHTS v Egypt, No. 323/06, December 2011
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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, OHCHR & APT (2008) The Robben Island Guidelines (2nd ed)
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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Antigone (2021) Monitoring solitary confinement in prison: Briefing Paper
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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APF, APT & Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2010) Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
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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
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Asean Human Rights Declaration
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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- Legal instrument
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BIM and ERA (2017) The Future of Mutual Trust and the Prevention of Ill-treatment - Judicial cooperation and the Engagement of National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
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- Academic literature
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a Situation of Vulnerability - Briefing Paper
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CAT (1994) Inquiry procedure: Turkey, A/49/44 (§172-177)
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- Theme
- 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 (1996) Inquiry procedure: Egypt, A5144 (§ 180-222)
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- Theme
- 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 (2001) Inquiry procedure: Peru, A/56/44 (§144-193)
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- Theme
- 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 (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 (2003) Inquiry procedure: Mexico, CAT/C/75, 26 May 2003
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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 (2004) Inquiry procedure: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, A5944 (§156-240)
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- Theme
- 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) Inquiry procedure: Brazil, CAT/C/39/2, 3 March 2009
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CAT (2017) Inquiry procedure: Egypt, A/72/44 (§ 58-71)
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Systematic torture
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Inquiry Procedure
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CCPR (1992) General Comment No. 20 on article 7 (Prohibition of Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), CCPR/C/GC/20
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CCPR (1994) Barbarín Mojica v Dominican Republic, No. 449/1991, 15 July 1994
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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: Merits
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CCPR (2006) Concluding Observations: United States, CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
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CCPR (2012) Joyce Nawila Chiti v Zambia, No. 1303/2004, 26 July 2012
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2013) Svetlana Zhuk v Belarus, No. 1910/2009, 30 October 2013
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CED (2016) Estela Deolinda Yrusta and Alejandra del Valle Yrusta v Argentina, No. 1/2013, 11 March 2016
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Extra-judicial execution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
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- United Nations: Committee on Enforced Disappearances
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2007) N.S.F. v the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, No. 10/2005, 30 May 2007
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2011) Guadalupe Herrera Rivera v Canada, No.26/2010, 18 October 2011
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CEDAW (2011) Inga Abramova v Belraus, No. 23/2009, 25 July 2011
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2011) T.P.F. v Peru, No. 22/2009, 17 October 2011
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2012) M.P.M. v Canada, No. 25/2010, 24 February 2012
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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