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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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Theme
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
Source
  • European Union (EU): Council of the European Union
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Sep 23, 2021
Document

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
  • Detention: Prisons
Source
  • United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
Document Type
  • 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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Theme
  • Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
Source
  • United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Document

ODIHR (2012) OSCE Human Dimension Commitments: Volume 2, Chronological Compilation (third edition)

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Death penalty
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Terrorism
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
Source
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Aug 3, 2020
Document

ODIHR (2005) Human Dimension Commitments: Chronological Compilation

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Source
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Aug 3, 2020
Document

UNGA (2010) Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)

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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
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
  • Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Oct 16, 2019
Document

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, adopted in 1985, entered into force in 1987

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Source
  • Organisation of American States (OAS): Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
May 8, 2019
Document

Asean Human Rights Declaration

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Source
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Document Type
  • 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
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Source
  • African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
  • Civil society organisations
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
May 8, 2018
Document

ACmHPR (2003) Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance In Africa

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Theme
  • Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
Source
  • African Union (AU): African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
May 8, 2018
Document

UNGA (1982) Principles of Medical Ethics

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Medical services
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
May 8, 2018
Document

UNGA (1990) Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules)

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Theme
  • Detention: Detention - general
  • Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
  • Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention) entry into force 22 April 1954

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Theme
  • Non refoulement & extradition
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (CRPD) entry into force 3 May 2008

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Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) entry into force 2 September 1990

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Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) entry into force 23 December 2010

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Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

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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Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) entry into force 4 January 1969

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Theme
  • Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
Source
  • United Nations: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) entry into force 3 September 1981

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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Gender-based violence
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) entry into force 23 March 1976

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Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Apr 24, 2018
Document

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
Source
  • United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Feb 6, 2018
Document

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
Document

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
Document

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
Document

UNGA (1985) Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)

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Theme
  • Alternative measures to detention
  • Detention: Detention - general
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Feb 6, 2018
Document

UNGA (2012) Resoultion: Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in the Criminal Justice System

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Theme
  • Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
  • Resolution
Date added
Feb 6, 2018
Document

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)

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Theme
  • Non refoulement & extradition
Source
  • United Nations: 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
  • Accountability: Criminalisation
  • Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
  • Detention Monitoring
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Oct 31, 2017
Document

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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Theme
  • Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Source
  • United Nations: General Assembly
Document Type
  • Legal instrument
Date added
Oct 31, 2017
Document

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