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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
- 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
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) Jean Ndagijimana v Burundi, No. 496/2012, 30 November 2017
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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
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- 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
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) Olga Shestakova v Russia, No. 712/2015, 28 November 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
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- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CTI (2017) UNCAT Implementation Tool 3/2017: Reporting to the Committee against Torture
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- Accountability: Complaints
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
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- English
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- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR (2017) Opinion on the draft law amending and supplementing the Ombudsman Act of Bulgaria
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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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 (2017) Opinion on the Draft Federal Law on the support to the National Human Rights Institution of Switzerland
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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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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CCPR (2017) Lounis Khelifati v Algeria, No. 2267/2013, 28 July 2017
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2017) X. v Sri Lanka, No. 2256/2013, 27 July 2017
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) Aleksei Ushenin v. Kazakhstan, No. 651/2015, 12 May 2017
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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 (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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) J.M. v. Canada, No. 699/2015, 12 May 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) Rached Jaïdane v Tunisia, No. 654/2015, 11 August 2017
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
APT & CTI (2017) Overview of anti-torture legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean
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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Remedy & reparation
- UNCAT - OPCAT ratification/legislation
- Language
- English
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CEDAW (2017) O.G. v Russian Federation, No. 91/2015, 6 November 2017
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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
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2017) Fakhridin Ashirov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2435/2014, 28 July 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Dmitry Tyan v Kazakhstan, No. 2125/2011, 16 March 2017
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- Theme
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) A.N. v Burundi, No. 612/2014, 2 May 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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Fair Trials (2017) Report The Disappearing Trial. Towards a rights-based approach to trial waiver systems
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- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CCPR (2017) Fakhridin Ashirov v Kyrgyzstan, No. 2435/2014, 28 July 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Shanta Neupane and Nisha Neupane v Nepal, No. 2170/2012, 21 July 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Procedural safeguards: Notification of family/ third person
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Anton Batanov v the Russian Federation, N0. 2532/2015, 28 July 2017
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Vide Lale and Milojka Blagojević v Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 2206/2012, 17 March 2017
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) Purna Maya v Nepal, No. 2245/2013, 17 March 2017
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Military facilities
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CAT (2017) Ashim Rakishev and Dmitry Rakishev v Kazakhstan, No. 661/2015, 31 July 2017
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CAT (2017) Damien Ndarisigaranye v Burundi, No. 493/2012, 10 November 2017
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- Theme
- 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: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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IRCT (2017) Sexual Torture: An insight into needs-based rehabilitation - Data in the fight against impunity
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
- Language
- English
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
Document