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PRI (2016) California’s prison gang problem: the role of prison size
- Media
- Type
- Podcast
- Duration
- 09:35
- Date modified
- Jul 17, 2019
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BIM (2019) Working towards harmonised detention standards in the EU – the role of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
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- Project/activity
- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Source
- Academia
- Date modified
- Nov 20, 2019
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Forschungszentrum Menschenrechte Universität Wien & Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (2014) HUMAN RIGHTS TALK: Menschenrechte hinter Gittern?
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- Type
- Discussion
- Duration
- 2:08:03
- Date modified
- Nov 18, 2020
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Council of Europe HELP course (2019): Online course on CPT Standards for Legal Professionals
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- Lecture/Webinar
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University (2014) Appreciative inquiry, generative theory, and the ‘failed state’ prison
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- Type
- Lecture/Webinar
- Duration
- 42:09
- 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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- Type
- Discussion
- Duration
- 1:47:21
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 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
- 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
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
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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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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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SPT (2016) Persons institutionalized and treated medically without informed consent, CAT/OP/27/2
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 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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- Theme
- 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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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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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
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- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2018) Transport of detainees
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- Theme
- Detention: Transfers
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2017) Means of restraint in psychiatric establishments for adults
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- Theme
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2015) Juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal legislation
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CAT (2019) Paul Zentveld v New Zealand, No. 852/2017, 4 December 2019
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNODC (2020) COVID-19 preparedness and responses in prisons
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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ODIHR (2008) Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
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- 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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APT & PRI (2015) LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- 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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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (1997) Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2009) Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2016) Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2018) Women in prison
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- 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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- Theme
- 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
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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UNSRT (2007) Country Report: Nigeria, A/HRC/7/3/Add.4
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (1998) Involuntary placement in psychiatric establishments
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- Theme
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2015) Checklist for visits to social care institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty
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- Theme
- Detention: Social welfare institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2009) Checklist for the evaluation of a psychiatric hospital
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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CPT (2016) Combating ill-treatment in prison
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
- Detention: Prisons
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date modified
- Nov 23, 2020
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