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Rights International Spain (2023) Factsheet: Legal Aid
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Apr 6, 2023
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Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania-the Helsinki Committee (2023) Factsheet: Access to a Lawyer
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Apr 6, 2023
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2023) Factsheet: Right to Information
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- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
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- Apr 6, 2023
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OSCE ODIHR and LBI GMR (2022) The Admissibility of evidence tainted by torture and ill-treatment
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- Evidence extracted by torture
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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- Report: General / Annual Report
- Date added
- Feb 17, 2023
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Omega & AI (2014) China's Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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OMEGA & SIPRI (2015) The Deployment of Law Enforcement Equipment in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega & ISS (2016) Manufacturing torture? South Africa’s trade in electric shock equipment
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Policy Paper/Strategies
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega & ISS (2016) Compliance through pain - Electric shock equipment in South African prisons
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
- Detention: Prisons
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Policy Paper/Strategies
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega (2016) Tools of Torture and Repression in South America: Use, manufacture and trade
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega (2017) Briefing Paper: Use of Tools of Torture in OSCE participating States
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
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- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega (2018) Manufacture, trade and use of ‘tools of torture’ in the Council of Europe
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega & AI (2018) Combating Torture: The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Law Enforcement Equipment
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega, ESRC & University Exeter (2017) Monitoring Weapons and Restraints in Places of Detention: A Practical Guide for Detention Monitors
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- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention Monitoring
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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Omega & Justiça Global (2020) The manufacture, trade and regulation of law enforcement and security equipment in Brazil
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- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Dec 1, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Factsheet
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Oct 21, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (video)
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- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Oct 21, 2021
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BIM (2021) Open Research Behind Closed Doors, Infographic (main findings)
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Prisons
- Detention Monitoring
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Oct 21, 2021
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FIDH, OMCT & AI (2021) The Fate of Thousands Hanging n the Balance - Afghanistan´s Fall into the Hands of the Taliban
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Armed conflict
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Oct 7, 2021
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Omega (2021) Visual Guide to Law Enforcement and Security Equipment
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2021
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Omega & ODIHR (2021) Guide on Law Enforcement Equipment Most Commonly Used in the Policing of Assemblies
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2021
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Omega & AI (2020) Ending the Torture Trade - The Path to Global Controls on the 'Tools of Torture'
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2021
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Omega & AI (2015) Grasping the Nettle: Ending Europe’s Trade in Execution and Torture Technology
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- Theme
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Law enforcement equipment/torture-free trade
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2021
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OMCT (2021) Extra-Custodial Use of Force Amounting to Torture and Ill-Treatment
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Sep 21, 2021
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Redress (2021) Practice Note: Strategic Litigation of Enforced Disappearance in Africa
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Sep 13, 2021
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Redress (2021) The Forgotten Victims: Enforced Disappearance in Africa
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Enforced disappearance
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Sep 13, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: Briefing Paper
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Date added
- Apr 29, 2021
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Antigone (2021) Monitoring solitary confinement in prison: Briefing Paper
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaint procedures and the right to information: Briefing Paper
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- Accountability: Complaints
- Remedy & reparation
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a Situation of Vulnerability - Briefing Paper
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Systemic Thinking in Preventing Human Rights Monitoring: A Dossier for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Helsinki Hungarian Committee (2021) Complaint procedures and the right to information: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention: Prisons
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2021) Prisoners in a situation of vulnerability: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Discrimination
- Detention: Prisons
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Antigone (2021) Monitoring solitary confinement in prison: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Solitary confinement
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- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: A Handbook for National Preventive Mechanisms
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Prisons
- Source
- Academia
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Apr 16, 2021
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ODIHR & Fair Trials (2020) Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region
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- Accountability: Criminalisation
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Evidence extracted by torture
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Forced medical examination/ treatment
- Interrogations
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Dec 7, 2020
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Moldova-NPM & CDA (2019) Upholding the Rights of the Foreighn Citizens in the State Custody: Thematic Study
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
- Remedy & reparation
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2020
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & APT & APF (2010) Preventing Torture - An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Detention Monitoring
- Accountability: Investigation & prosecution
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights & UNFPA & The Danish Institute for Human Rights (2014) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights - A Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions
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- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
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- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2020) Transitional Justice in Albania
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- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Accountability: Transitional justice
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- Civil society organisations
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- Academic literature
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2017) Monitoring of Adherence to Fair Trial Standards in Ukraine
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: Government / Administration
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- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2013) Observance of the Right to Freedom from Torture in Closed Facilities of the Kyrgyz Republic
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Detention: Psychiatric institutions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- National bodies: Government / Administration
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2013) Trafficking in Human Beings Amounting to Torture and other Forms of Ill-treatment
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- Theme
- Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
- Structural causes of torture & ill-treatment: Trafficking
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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OSCE et al. (2011) Torture Prevention in Temporary Detention Facilities under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR & APT (2010) Monitoring Places of Detention: A Practical Guide
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR et al. (2020) Gender and Security Toolkit: Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
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- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR et al. (2019) Gender and Security Toolkit: Justice and Gender
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR (2019) Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender
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- Theme
- Detention: Detention - general
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- United Nations: Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR et al. (2018) Second OSCE Workshop on Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture
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- Theme
- Remedy & reparation
- Training / Activities
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- Civil society organisations
- Inter-states initiatives : Convention against Torture Initiative
- National bodies: Government / Administration
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 31, 2020
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ODIHR & APT (2020) Joining Forces to Prevent Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in the Context of Immigration Detention
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- Theme
- Detention Monitoring
- Detention: Immigration detention
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jul 27, 2020
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (2020) Stellungnahme bezüglich der Situation von Insass*innen der Justizanstalten Österreichs während der COVID-19-Pandemie
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention rules/ discipline
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Jun 16, 2020
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ODIHR & APT (2020) Guidance - Monitoring places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Conditions and treatment in detention: Detention conditions
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Jun 16, 2020
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Penal Reform International (2020) Coronavirus: Healthcare and human rights of people in prison
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2020
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Innovative Prison Systems (2020) COVID19 IPS Basic Guide for Decision Makers on Worldwide Practices and Recommendations
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- Theme
- Conditions and treatment in detention: COVID-19 measures
- Detention: Quarantine
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
- Date added
- Apr 3, 2020
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BIM (2020) Strengthening the Rights of Suspects and Accused in Criminal Proceedings
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- Theme
- Accountability: Complaints
- Detention Monitoring
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 22, 2020
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Fair Trials (2015) Using EU Law in Criminal Practice
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- Theme
- Detention: Police custody / pre-trial detention
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
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- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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Fair Trials (2015) Roadmap Practitioner Tools: Access to a Lawyer Directive
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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Fair Trials (2015) Roadmap Practitioner Tools: Interpretation and Translation Directive
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Procedural safeguards - general
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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Fair Trials (2015) Roadmap Practitioner Tools: Right to Information Directive
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Handbook/Manual/Training material
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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Fair Trials (2019) Rights Behind Bars: Access to Justice for Victims of Violent Crime Suffered in Detention
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Remedy & reparation
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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Fair Trials (2019) Where's my Lawyer? - Making Legal Assistance in Pre-trial Detention Effective
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- Theme
- Procedural safeguards: Access to a lawyer
- Procedural safeguards: Access to information
- Alternative measures to detention
- Source
- Civil society organisations
- Document Type
- Report: Thematic Report
- Date added
- Jan 7, 2020
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