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UNSRT (2016) Communications Report, A/HRC/31/57/Add.1
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Nov 7, 2016
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CAT (2012) Concluding Observations: Armenia, CAT/C/ARM/CO/3
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Concluding Observations
- Date added
- Nov 7, 2016
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UNGA (2015) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Resolution
- Date added
- Jan 25, 2017
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CAT (2008) Saadia Ali v Tunisia, No. 291/2006, 21 November 2008
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 30, 2017
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CAT (2013) Djamila Bendib v Algeria, No. 376/2009, 8 November 2013
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2017
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CAT (2014) Boniface Ntikarahera v Burundi, No. 503/2012, 12 May 2014
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 13, 2017
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CAT (2014) Ali Aarrass v Morocco, No. 477/2011, 19 May 2014
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 18, 2017
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CAT (2014) Nouar Abdelmalek v Algeria, No. 402/2009, 23 May 2014
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 18, 2017
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CAT (2015) X. v Burundi, No. 553/2013, 10 August 2015
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- Theme
- 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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 27, 2017
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CAT (2015) Patrice Gahungu v Burundi, No. 522/2012, 10 August 2015
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Apr 27, 2017
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CAT (2016) Elaïba v Tunisia, No. 551/2013, 6 May 2016
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- May 8, 2017
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- May 29, 2017
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UNSRT (2008) Country Report: Togo, A/HRC/7/3/Add.5
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date added
- May 29, 2017
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UNSRT (2008) Country Report: Indonesia, A/HRC/7/3/Add.7
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Document Type
- Report: Country Visit Report
- Date added
- May 29, 2017
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Sep 5, 2017
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CAT (2016) M. Ennaâma Asfari v. Morocco, No. 606/2014, 15 November 2016
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Detention - general
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Sep 6, 2017
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CAT (2017) Rached Jaïdane v Tunisia, No. 654/2015, 11 August 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
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Oct 25, 2017
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Oct 25, 2017
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AI (2005) 12-Point Programme for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- Theme
- Interrogations
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Jan 26, 2018
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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
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Feb 5, 2018
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CPT (2006) CPT Standards: Developments Concerning CPT Standards
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Training / Activities
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- Council of Europe: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Feb 5, 2018
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UNGA (1990) Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (2010) Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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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
- Source
- United Nations: General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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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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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Detention: Detention - general
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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CAT (2015) E.N. v Burundi, No. 578/2013, 25 November 2015
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 8, 2018
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CAT (2015) H.B. v Algeria, No. 494/2012, 6 August 2015
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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
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 8, 2018
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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
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Mar 23, 2018
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CAT (1999) Khaled Ben M’Barek v Tunisia, No. 60/1996, 10 November 1999
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2018
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CAT (1999) Josu Arkauz Arana v France, No. 63/1997, 9 November 1999
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Incommunicado detention/ secret detention
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Interim measures
- Jurisprudence: Merits
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2018
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