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UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (1990) Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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UNGA (1988) Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- United Nations: General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
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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
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights et al. (2016) Detained and Dehumanised - Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Migrants in Libya
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Report: Country Visit Report
- Report: Thematic Report
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UNSRT (2018) Report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/50
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
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- English
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: General / Annual Report
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CPT (2015) Juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention (1999) Mission on Prisons and Conditions of Detention: Benin
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- English
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- African Union (AU): Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries
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- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- English
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- Academia
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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ODIHR (2008) Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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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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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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- Theme
- 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
- Source
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR (2020) Human Rights and Gender Equality during Public Emergencies
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Detention - general
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
- Language
- English
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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CPT (1997) Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2009) Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2016) Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2017) Remand detention
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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CPT (2018) Women in prison
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- Detention: Detention - general
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- English
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Nigeria, A/HRC/7/3/Add.4
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- English
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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UNSRT (2007) Follow-up Report, A/HRC/4/33/Add.2
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- 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
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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
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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IACHR (2011) Report on the Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas
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- Theme
- 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
- Language
- English
- Source
- Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Document Type
- 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
- Language
- English
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- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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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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- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention (2002) Mission on Prisons and Conditions of Detention: Cameroon
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Language
- English
- Source
- African Union (AU): Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
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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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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Language
- English
- Source
- 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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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
- Language
- English
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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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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- Theme
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Training / Activities
- Language
- English
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
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ODIHR (2015) Report on the Human Rights Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Interrogations
- Remedy & reparation
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
- Language
- English
- Source
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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