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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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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- 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
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- Legal instrument
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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
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual 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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- 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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- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- 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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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Thematic Report
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Jordan, A/HRC/4/33/Add.3
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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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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- English
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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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ODIHR et al. (2019) Gender and Security Toolkit: Justice and Gender
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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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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CAT (2012) A. A. v Denmark, No. 412/2010, 13 November 2012
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2014) Mariano Eduardo Haro v Argentina, No. 366/2008, 23 May 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) D.C. and D.E. v Georgia, No. 573/2013, 12 May 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Interrogations
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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WGAD et al.(2006) Report to the Human Rights Council, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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SPT (2019) Country Visit Report: Turkey, CAT/OP/TUR/1
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (1999) Country Visit Report: Peru, E/CN.4/1999/63/Add.2
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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WGAD (1999) Country Visit Report: Indonesia, E/CN.4/2000/4/Add.2
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (2002) Country Visit Report: Bahrain, E/CN.4/2002/77/Add.2
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (2003) Country Visit Report: Argentina, E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.3
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (2003) Country Visit Report: Mexico, E/CN.4/2003/8/Add.3
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Corruption
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Military facilities
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (2006) Country Visit Report: Canada, E/CN.4/2006/7/Add.2
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Migration
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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WGAD (1998) Country Visit Report: UK, E/CN.4/1999/63/Add.3
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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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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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Council
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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UNGA (1990) Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules)
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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UNGA (1985) Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
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UNGA (2015) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules)
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Resolution
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UNGA (1990) Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules)
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CAT (2016) Abdulrahman Kabura v. Burundi, No. 549/2013, 11 November 2016
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2016) M. Ennaâma Asfari v. Morocco, No. 606/2014, 15 November 2016
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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