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Omega & ISS (2016) Compliance through pain - Electric shock equipment in South African prisons
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
- Detention: Prisons
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Policy Paper/Strategies
- Date modified
- Dec 1, 2021
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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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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Dec 1, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Factsheet
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Oct 21, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (video)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Oct 21, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (main findings)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Oct 21, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights - What is the impact of COVID-19 measures on persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities deprived of liberty?
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- Video/film
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- 4:33
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- Oct 7, 2021
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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
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Sep 2, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: Briefing Paper
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Date modified
- May 26, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Systemic Thinking in Preventing Human Rights Monitoring: A Dossier for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Violence in prison (German subtitles)
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- Video/film
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaints and the Right to Information
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- Video/film
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- 2:19
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Bulgarian Helsinki Commmittee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability (Bulgarian subtitles)
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- Video/film
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Bulgarian Helsinki Commmittee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability
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- Video/film
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Antigone (2021) Solitary Confinement (Italian subtitles)
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- Video/film
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- Apr 16, 2021
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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
- Date modified
- Apr 16, 2021
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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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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: Prisons
- Remedy & reparation
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Apr 16, 2021
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Antigone (2021) Monitoring solitary confinement in prison: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Detention Monitoring
- 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
- Date modified
- Apr 16, 2021
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Detention Monitoring
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Apr 16, 2021
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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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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Apr 16, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Violence in prison
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- Video/film
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- 3:05
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- Apr 16, 2021
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BIM (2020) From Law to Practice: Strengthening Procedural Rights in Police Custody
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- Project/activity
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Date modified
- Mar 8, 2021
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Kozma & Rachlew (2018) Combating Torture During Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention
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- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Jan 7, 2021
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Innovative Prison Systems (2020) COVID19 IPS Basic Guide for Decision Makers on Worldwide Practices and Recommendations
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Jan 7, 2021
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Fair Trials (2015) Using EU Law in Criminal Practice
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- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Jan 5, 2021
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BIM (2018) Die ersten 48 Stunden: Beschuldigtenrechte im polizeilichen Ermittlungsverfahren
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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PRI & TIJ (2019) Global Prison Trends
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Prisons
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Kenya
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in Nigeria
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2016) Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation in the Philippines
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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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
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2017) People on the Move: Torture and Migration - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Detention: Immigration detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2016) Falling Through the Cracks: Asylum Procedures and Reception Conditions for Torture Victims in the European Union
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2013) Recognising victims of torture in national asylum procedures – A comparative overview of early identification of victims and their access to medico-legal reports in asylum-receiving countries
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Detention: Immigration detention
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2012) Working with the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture: A practical guide for NGOs engaging with the process of SPT country visits
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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IRCT (2009) Action against torture – A practical guide to the Istanbul Protocol – for lawyers
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Detention - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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Moldova-NPM & CDA (2019) Upholding the Rights of the Foreighn Citizens in the State Custody: Thematic Study
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Dec 18, 2020
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Centre for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law ATI (2018) Gender Perspectives on Torture: Law and Practice
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Academic literature
- Date modified
- Dec 16, 2020
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2020) Monitoring violence in prison
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 33:02
- Date modified
- Dec 16, 2020
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ODIHR & Fair Trials (2020) Eliminating incentives for torture in criminal justice systems - Launch of ODIHR and Fair Trial’s new publication
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 1:14:05
- Date modified
- Dec 10, 2020
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ODIHR & Fair Trials (2020) Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Dec 7, 2020
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Associazione Antigone (2020) Monitoring solitary confinement and other forms of isolation and segregation in prison
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 17:15
- Date modified
- Dec 4, 2020
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) (2020) Monitoring requests and complaint procedures
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 11:46
- Date modified
- Dec 4, 2020
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) (2020) Monitoring groups of prisoners in a situation of vulnerabilty
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 55:24
- Date modified
- Dec 4, 2020
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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
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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PRI (2018) Mental health in prison - A short guide for prison staff
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Prisons
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT (2018) Towards the Effective Protection of LGBTI Persons Deprived of Liberty: A Monitoring Guide
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT (2019) Access to a lawyer during the first hours of custody in Mexico: A Situation Analysis
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR & PRI (2018) Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules: Implementing the United Nations Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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Defence for Children International - Belgium (2016) Practical Guide - Monitoring places where children are deprived of liberty
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- 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)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT & PRI (2015) Institutional Culture in Detention: A framework for preventive monitoring
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR & APT (2020) Joining Forces to Prevent Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in the Context of Immigration Detention
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Immigration detention
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT (2015) Addressing vulnerabilities of LGBT persons in detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT & PRI (2015) Staff working conditions: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2013) Observance of the Right to Freedom from Torture in Closed Facilities of the Kyrgyz Republic
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: Government / Administration
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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Penal Reform International (2020) Coronavirus: Healthcare and human rights of people in prison
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT & PRI (2015) Body searches: Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT (2016) Monitoring psychiatric institutions
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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APT & PRI (2018) Incident management and independent investigations - Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR (2019) Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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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)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2011) Torture Prevention in Temporary Detention Facilities under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
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- Project/activity
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Detention Monitoring
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
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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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- Discussion
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- 1:47:21
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
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Forschungszentrum Menschenrechte Universität Wien & Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (2014) HUMAN RIGHTS TALK: Menschenrechte hinter Gittern?
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- Discussion
- Duration
- 2:08:03
- Date modified
- Nov 18, 2020
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PRI (2016) California’s prison gang problem: the role of prison size
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- Podcast
- Duration
- 09:35
- Date modified
- Jul 17, 2019
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