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CRPD (2018) Munir al Adam v Saudi Arabia, No. 38/2016, 20 September 2018
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Cyrille Gervais Moutono Zogo v Cameroon, No. 2764/2016, 8 November 2017
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Mamatkarim Ernazarov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2054/2011, 25 March 2015
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Sapardurdy Khadzhiev v Turkmenistan, No. 2079/2011, 1 April 2015
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Olga Kozulina v Belarus, No. 1773/2008, 21 October 2014
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CPT (2016) Combating ill-treatment in prison
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IACHR (2011) Report on the Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Corporal punishment
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Training / Activities
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- English
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- Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
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- Report: Thematic Report
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Czech Republic - NPM (2017) Report on systematic visits carried out by the public defender of rights 2016
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Health-care settings
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention: Transfers
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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
- Language
- English
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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
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Kosovo - NPM (2020) Annual Report 2019
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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CCPR (2019) İsmet Özçelik et al. v Turkey, No. 2980/2017, 26 March 2019
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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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
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 17:15
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CCPR (2018) Ahmed Khaleel v the Maldives, No. 2785/2016, 27 July 2018
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Audio/video-recording
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Interrogations
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CCPR (2017) Arsen Ambaryan v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2162/2012, 28 July 2017
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
Document
CCPR (2016) Urmatbek Akunov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2127/2011, 27 October 2016
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- Theme
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2015) Sunnet Japparow v Turkmenistan, No. 2223/2012, 29 October 2015
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) J.N.G.P. v Uruguay, No. 2395/2014, 23 July 2015
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaints and the Right to Information
- Media
- Type
- Video/film
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 2:19
Learning platform
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- 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
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- 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
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: 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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- 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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- Type
- Video/film
- Language
- English
Learning platform
CEDAW (2020) R.G. v Kyrgyzstan, No. 133/2018, 3 November 2020
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CPT (2001) Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of imprisonment
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Document
Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention (1998) Promotional Mission: Uganda and Kenya
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
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- African Union (AU): Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
Document
Council of Europe HELP course (2019): Online course on CPT Standards for Legal Professionals
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Language
- English
Learning platform
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
- Theme
- 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
- Language
- English
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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