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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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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
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- Nov 23, 2020
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SPT (2016) Persons institutionalized and treated medically without informed consent, CAT/OP/27/2
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2019) Paul Zentveld v New Zealand, No. 852/2017, 4 December 2019
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Country Visit Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- 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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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2003) Report to the GA, A/58/120
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Remedy & reparation
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2013) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/22/53
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2006) Report to the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention Monitoring
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Interrogations
- Detention: Military facilities
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UN Human Rights Council (2016) Torture and CIDT: Safeguards to prevent torture during police custody and pretrial detention
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- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: Human Rights Council
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2014) Ali Aarrass v Morocco, No. 477/2011, 19 May 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2015) Ramiro Ramírez Martínez et al v Mexico, No. 500/2012, 4 August 2015
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Military facilities
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Individual opinion
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2009) Interim Report to the GA, A/64/215
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: Thematic Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2015) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/28/68
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
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- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2019), V. P. v Russia, No. 780/2016, 26 July 2019
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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- Nov 23, 2020
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SPT (2020) Advice to the UK NPM regarding compulsory quarantine for Coronavirus
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Quarantine
- Detention Monitoring
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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World Health Organisation (2020) Frequently asked questions about prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- United Nations: World Health Organisation
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNGA (2010) Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2008) Interim Report to the GA, A/63/175
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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