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BIM (2019) Working towards harmonised detention standards in the EU – the role of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)

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  • Project/activity
Theme
  • Detention - general
Language
  • English
  • German
Source
  • Academia
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BIM (2020) Open research behind closed doors: Assessing the impact of Covid-19 measures on persons deprived of liberty with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities

Type
  • Project/activity
Theme
  • COVID-19 measures
  • Detention - general
  • Detention conditions
  • Detention Monitoring
  • Detention rules/ discipline
  • Health-care settings
  • Medical services
  • Prisons
  • Psychiatric institutions
Language
  • English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
  • National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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Research Centre Human Rights University of Vienna & BIM (2013) Nothing can justify torture - From Legal Prohibition to Enforcement and Implementation

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loBqV8YwcdM&list=PLmH_GBI1kXX476MX7U_K9IpdKFWux_LtD&index=22

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  • Discussion
Language
English
Duration
1:47:21
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ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries

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Theme
  • Alternative measures to detention
  • Detention - general
  • Detention conditions
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Thematic Report
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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University (2014) Appreciative inquiry, generative theory, and the ‘failed state’ prison

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVT5ivJla8

Type
  • Lecture/Webinar
Language
English
Duration
42:09
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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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Theme
  • Definition /forms/ methods
  • UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Academic literature
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Associazione Antigone Onlus (2017) European Prison Observatory: Strategies and Programmes for De-radicalization and Risk Assessment

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  • Project/activity
Language
  • English
Source
  • Academia
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BIM (2016) Revision of the Commentary to the UN Convention Against Torture

Type
  • Project/activity
Theme
  • Definition /forms/ methods
  • Systematic torture
Language
  • English
Source
  • Academia
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Independent Expert Manfred Nowak (2019): Report to the UN General Assembly on the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty

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Theme
  • Detention conditions
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Thematic Report
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Independent Expert Manfred Nowak (2019): United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty

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  • Detention conditions
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Thematic Report
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New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2020) Time for a Paradigm Change: A Follow Up Review of Seclusion and Restraint Practices in New Zealand

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  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
  • Detention: Health-care settings
  • Detention: Prisons
  • Detention: Psychiatric institutions
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Report: Thematic Report
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Manfred Nowak (2021) UN Convention against Torture - The Definition of Torture

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https://vimeo.com/505649643

Type
  • Lecture/Webinar
Language
English
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BIM (2020) From Law to Practice: Strengthening Procedural Rights in Police Custody

Type
  • Project/activity
Theme
  • Access to a lawyer
  • Access to information
  • Audio/video-recording
  • Definition /forms/ methods
  • Police custody / pre-trial detention
  • Procedural safeguards - general
Language
  • English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Violence in prison

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https://vimeo.com/537135187

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
Duration
3:05
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Antigone (2021) Solitary Confinement

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https://vimeo.com/531227161

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  • Video/film
Language
English
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaints and the Right to Information

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https://vimeo.com/531241216

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
Duration
2:19
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms

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Theme
  • Definition /forms/ methods
  • Detention Monitoring
  • Excessive use of force
  • Prisons
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms

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Theme
  • Detention Monitoring
  • Discrimination
  • Prisons
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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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Theme
  • Access to information
  • Complaints
  • Prisons
  • Remedy & reparation
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a Situation of Vulnerability - Briefing Paper

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
  • Detention: Prisons
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Antigone (2021) Solitary Confinement (Italian subtitles)

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https://vimeo.com/537204603

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaints and the Right to Information (Hungarian subtitles)

Media

https://vimeo.com/537140282

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
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Bulgarian Helsinki Commmittee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability (Bulgarian subtitles)

Media

https://vimeo.com/537140573

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
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Bulgarian Helsinki Commmittee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability

Media

https://vimeo.com/537135050

Type
  • Video/film
Language
English
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: Briefing Paper

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Preview
Theme
  • Definition /forms/ methods
  • Detention Monitoring
  • Excessive use of force
  • Prisons
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
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LSE Mannheim Centre for Criminology (2008) A sourcebook on solitar confinment

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Theme
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Academic literature
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The Prison Reform Trust (2015) Deep Custody: Segregation Units and Close Supervision Centres in England and Wales

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Theme
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Academic literature
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New Zealand Human Right Commission (2017) Thinking Outside the Box? A review of seclusion and restraint

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Theme
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Academic literature
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N. Corney & M. Crowley (2019) A review of less lethal weapons manufacture trade and (mis)use

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Theme
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
Document Type
  • Academic literature
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Omega, ESRC & University Exeter (2017) Monitoring Weapons and Restraints in Places of Detention: A Practical Guide for Detention Monitors

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Theme
  • Detention: Detention - general
  • Detention Monitoring
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
Language
English
Source
  • Academia
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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