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CAT (2005) Jovica Dimitrov v Serbia and Montenegro, No. 171/2000, 3 May 2005
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2005) Kepa Urra Guridi v Spain, No. 212/2002, 17 May 2005
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2005) Slobodan Nikolic & Ljiljana Nikolic v Serbia and Montenegro, No. 174/2000, 24 November 2005
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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CAT (2009) Besim Osmani v Serbia, No. 261/2005, 8 May 2009
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2014) Sergei Kirsanov v Russian Federation, No. 478/2011, 14 May 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Remedy & reparation
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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 (2013) Oleg Evloev v Kazakhstan, No. 441/2010, 5 November 2013
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2016) L. A. v Algeria, No. 531/2012, 12 May 2016
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2018) J.O. v. Georgia, No. 730/2016, 9 August 2018
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
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IRCT (2013) Conference Report: The Right to Rehabilitation for Torture Victims
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- Accountability: Complaints
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- Civil society organisations
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- Report: Thematic Report
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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
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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ODIHR (2016) Final Opinion on the Draft Act Amending the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Detention Monitoring
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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ODIHR (2016) Preliminary Opinion on the Draft Act Amending the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Detention Monitoring
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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ODIHR et al. (2011) Joint Opinion on the Law on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Council of Europe: Venice Commission
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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OSCE et al. (2020) Transitional Justice in Albania
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- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Accountability: Transitional justice
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- Civil society organisations
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- Academic literature
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & APT & APF (2010) Preventing Torture - An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CEDAW (2019) DRAFT General Recommendation on Trafficking of Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- General Comment
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CRPD (2017) X v United Republic of Tanzania, No. 22/2014, 18 August 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CEDAW (2019) X. and Y. v Russian Federation, No. 100/2016, 16 July 2019
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2018) Ozoda Yakubova v Uzbekistan, No. 2577/2015, 6 April 2018
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Dzhuraboy Boboev v Tajikistan, No. 2173/2012, 19 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Amarasinghe Arachchige Simon Amarasinghe v Sri Lanka, No. 2209/2012, 13 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2018) Pavel Barkovsky v Belarus, No. 2247/2013, 13 July 2018
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2016) T.V. and A.G. v Uzbekistan, No. 2044/2011, 11 March 2016
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2015) Nura Hamulić and Halima Hodžić v Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 2022/2011, 30 March 2015
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Military facilities
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- 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
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
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- 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) Aïcha Dehimi and Noura Ayache v Algeria, No. 2086/2011, 30 October 2014
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2014) Vasily Yuzepchuk v Belarus, No. 1906/2009, 24 October 2014
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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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
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2014) Sharmila Tripath v Nepal, No. 2111/2011, 29 October 2014
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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APT (2013) Alternative reporting to the Committee against Torture
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CAT (1995) B.M'B. v Tunisia, No. 14/1994, 5 May 1995
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CAT (1995) Irène Ursoa Parot v Spain, No. 6/1990, 2 May 1995
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- Accountability: Complaints
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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 (1999) Khaled Ben M’Barek v Tunisia, No. 60/1996, 10 November 1999
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2000) P.R. v Spain, No. 160/2000, 23 November 2000
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CAT (1997) Cyril Le Gayic et al. v France, No. 46/1996, 9 May 1997
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Training / Activities
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
Document
CAT (2003) Bouabdallah Ltaief v Tunisia, No. 189/2001, 14 November 2003
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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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 (2003) Imed Abdelli v Tunisia, No. 188/2001, 14 November 2002
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2004) Dragan Dimitrijevic v Serbia and Montenegro, No. 207/2002, 24 November 2004
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2005) Danilo Dimitrijevic v Serbia and Montenegro, No. 172/2000, 16 November 2005
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- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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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 (2001) Radivoje Ristic v Yugoslavia, No. 113/1998, 11 May 2001
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2007) Ali Ben Salem v Tunisia, No. 269/2005, 7 November 2007
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2008) Kostadin Nikolov Keremedchiev v Bulgaria, No. 257/2004, 11 November 2008
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2011) Dmytro Slyusar v Ukraine, No. 353/2008, 14 November 2011
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2013) Djamila Bendib v Algeria, No. 376/2009, 8 November 2013
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2015) Déogratias Niyonzima v Burundi, No. 514/2012, 21 November 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2015) X. v Burundi, No. 553/2013, 10 August 2015
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2014) Rasim Bairamov v Kazakhstan, No. 497/2012, 14 May 2014
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) Jean Ndagijimana v Burundi, No. 496/2012, 30 November 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) G.N. v Burundi, No. 579/2013, 1 May 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) Olga Shestakova v Russia, No. 712/2015, 28 November 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
Document
CCPR (2006) Concluding Observations: United States, CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
Document
CTI (2017) UNCAT Implementation Tool 3/2017: Reporting to the Committee against Torture
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
- Language
- English
- Source
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
Document
UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Nigeria, A/HRC/7/3/Add.4
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
Document
UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
Document
UNSRT (2007) Report to the GA, A/62/221
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
Document
UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Jordan, A/HRC/4/33/Add.3
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
Document
ECtHR (2018), Hovhannisyan v. Armenia, no. 18419/13
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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