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EU (2005) No 1236/2005, 27 June 2005, Regulation concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- European Union (EU): Council of the European Union
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Sep 23, 2021
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2005) Human Rights and Prisons. A Compilation of InternationalHuman Rights Instrumentsconcerning the Administration of Justice
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- Theme
- Prisons
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- Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Legal instrument
- Rules of Procedure
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (2004) Istanbul Protocol. Manual on the Effective Investigations and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- Investigation & prosecution
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- Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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ODIHR (2012) OSCE Human Dimension Commitments: Volume 2, Chronological Compilation (third edition)
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- Death penalty
- Terrorism
- Trafficking
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- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Aug 3, 2020
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ODIHR (2005) Human Dimension Commitments: Chronological Compilation
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- Definition /forms/ methods
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- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Aug 3, 2020
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UNGA (2010) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention - general
- Detention conditions
- Detention rules/ discipline
- Medical services
- Prisons
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2019
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Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, adopted in 1985, entered into force in 1987
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- Definition /forms/ methods
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- Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2019
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Asean Human Rights Declaration
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- Definition /forms/ methods
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- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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ACmHPR, OHCHR & APT (2008) The Robben Island Guidelines (2nd ed)
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- Theme
- Definition /forms/ methods
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- African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
- Civil society organisations
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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ACmHPR (2003) Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance In Africa
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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UNGA (1982) Principles of Medical Ethics
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- Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Medical services
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- May 8, 2018
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UNGA (1990) Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules)
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- Theme
- Detention - general
- Detention rules/ discipline
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention) entry into force 22 April 1954
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- Theme
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (CRPD) entry into force 3 May 2008
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- Source
- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) entry into force 2 September 1990
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- Source
- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) entry into force 23 December 2010
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- Source
- General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) entered into force 1 July 2003
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- General Assembly
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- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) entry into force 4 January 1969
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- Discrimination
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- Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) entry into force 3 September 1981
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- Theme
- Gender-based violence
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 2018
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) entry into force 23 March 1976
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- Source
- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Apr 24, 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
- Access to a lawyer
- Detention - general
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- Office on Drugs and Crime
- 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 - general
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- 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 - general
- Prisons
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 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 - general
- Procedural safeguards - general
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (1985) Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)
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- Theme
- Alternative measures to detention
- Detention - general
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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UNGA (2012) Resoultion: Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in the Criminal Justice System
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- Access to a lawyer
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Resolution
- Date added
- Feb 6, 2018
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
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- Theme
- Non refoulement & extradition
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Jan 23, 2018
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Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, adopted in 2002, entered into force in 2006 (OPCAT)
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- Theme
- Criminalisation
- Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Investigation & prosecution
- Source
- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2017
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UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in 1984, entered into force in 1987 (CAT)
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- Definition /forms/ methods
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- General Assembly
- Document Type
- Legal instrument
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2017
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