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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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- English
- Source
- 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
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
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SPT (2016) Persons institutionalized and treated medically without informed consent, CAT/OP/27/2
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Health-care settings
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- English
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- United Nations: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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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
- Source
- 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
- Document Type
- 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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- Theme
- 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 (2018) Transport of detainees
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- Detention: Transfers
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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 (2017) Means of restraint in psychiatric establishments for adults
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- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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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 (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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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
- Language
- English
- German
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- Academia
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ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries
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- Theme
- 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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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
- Remedy & reparation
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- English
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- United Nations: Committee against Torture
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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Council of Europe (2020) COVID-19 RELATED STATEMENT BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR PENOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION WORKING GROUP (PC-CP WG)
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
- Language
- English
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- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
- Document Type
- General Comment
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UNODC (2020) COVID-19 preparedness and responses in prisons
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
- Language
- English
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- United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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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)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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FRA (2010) Detention of Third-Country Nationals in Return Procedures
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- Theme
- Detention: Immigration detention
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- English
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- European Union (EU): European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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WGAD (2006) Situation of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay, E/CN.4/2006/120
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention: Military facilities
- Detention: Transfers
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
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CCPR (2019) Zinaida Mukhortova v Kazakhstan, No. 2920/2016, 28 October 2019
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
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- English
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- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CMW (2013) General comment No. 2 on the rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and their families, CMW/C/GC/2
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CMW/CRC (2017) Joint general comment No. 3 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration, CMW/C/GC/3-CRC/C/GC/22
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Non refoulement & extradition
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Document Type
- General Comment
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CMW/CRC (2017) Joint general comment No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return, CMW/C/GC/4-CRC/C/GC/23
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Document Type
- General Comment
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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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
Document
CCPR (2017) Cyrille Gervais Moutono Zogo v Cameroon, No. 2764/2016, 8 November 2017
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Prisons
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2018) Ozoda Yakubova v Uzbekistan, No. 2577/2015, 6 April 2018
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- Theme
- 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
- Source
- 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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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- 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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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2017) D.S. v the Russian Federation, No. 2705/2015, 14 July 2017
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Admissibility decision
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CCPR (2018) Pavel Barkovsky v Belarus, No. 2247/2013, 13 July 2018
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- Theme
- 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
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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CCPR (2016) S.P. v the Russian Federation, No. 2152/2012, 27 October 2016
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Language
- English
- Source
- United Nations: Human Rights Committee
- Document Type
- Jurisprudence: Merits
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