Prisoner lives cut short : the need to address structural, societal and environmental factors to reduce preventable prisoner deaths

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	Eighth periodic report submitted by Denmark under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2019
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	20231013
	United Nations
	UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) \| intelligence service oversight \| hate crimes \| patient rights \| gender dysphoria \| intersex persons \| evidence admissibility \| reparations \| risk of torture \| peacekeeping personnel \| prisoner transfer \| military personnel \| complaint procedures \| police oversight \| psychiatric confinement \| psychiatric patients, child \| physical restraint \| policing \| prison personnel violence \| riot control agents, chemical \| death in custody statistics \| prisoner violence prevention \| prisoner violence statistics \| prison health care delivery \| solitary confinement prevention \| remand detention \| prison conditions \| prisoners, female \| age of criminal responsibility \| juvenile detainees \| psychiatric hospitals \| coercion \| administrative detention \| forensic evaluation of torture \| training of judges \| DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture \| training of health personnel \| torture victims treatment \| prison personnel \| torture prevention \| training of police personnel \| human rights education \| universal jurisdiction \| extradition \| rejected asylum seekers statistics \| torture victims \| asylum statistics \| refoulement prevention \| victim services \| trafficking in persons victims statistics \| domestic violence prevention \| institutionalised children \| NPMs \| national institutions \| detainee rights \| domestic status \| treaty incorporation \| torture criminalisation \| periodic reports \| state compliance \| domestic implementation \| Denmark \| Greenland [Denmark] \| Faroe Islands [Denmark]
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	Egypt : alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture - 2023
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	UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
	UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) \| state compliance \| domestic implementation effectiveness \| torture criminalisation \| torture definition \| counterterrorism \| emergency legislation \| national legal instruments effectiveness \| determinants of torture \| prison conditions \| disappearances \| detainee rights \| fair trial rights \| prison health care delivery \| prisoner visitation \| prisoner rights \| judicial independence \| reparations for torture \| refoulement prevention \| death in custody \| recommendations \| Egypt
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	Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) in advance of its review of the state of Egypt, 78th session : October 30- November 24, 2023
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	UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
	UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) \| state compliance \| domestic implementation effectiveness \| torture prevention effectiveness \| national legal instruments effectiveness \| torture definition \| criminal law \| torture criminalisation \| accountability for torture effectiveness \| attitude to human rights defenders \| human rights defender persecution \| Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture \| torture prevalence \| torture methods \| torture allegations \| impunity for torture \| refoulement \| sexual minorities victimisation \| execution techniques \| death in custody \| degrading treatment \| torture victim characteristics \| prison conditions \| sexual torture \| recommendations \| Egypt
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	'No end in sight' : torture and ill-treatment in the Syrian Arab Republic 2020-2023 : Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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	20230710
	United Nations
	20200101-20230430 \| torture patterns \| prisons \| detention centres \| cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment \| agents responsible for violations \| intelligence services \| police personnel \| military personnel \| state agents \| disappearances \| non state agents \| torture purposes \| extortion \| interrogation \| torture methods \| sexual torture \| torture victims characteristics \| detainees, female \| prison conditions \| returnees \| death in custody \| torture effects \| impunity \| Syrian Arab Republic
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	Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

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	The duration of political imprisonment : evidence from China
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	20230700
	Sage
	Steinert, Christoph Valentin
	political imprisonment \| collective punishment \| comparison \| Tibetans \| politics \| arbitrary arrest and detention \| repression strategies \| death in custody \| Uighurs \| forecasting \| survival \| religion \| ethnicity \| threat perception \| determinants of imprisonment \| length of detention \| time factors \| China
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	Death and denial of care in Indian prisons
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	Forum for Medical Ethics Society
	D’Cruz, Meenakshi
	death in custody statistics \| cases \| judicial decisions \| medical examination on admission \| prison health care quality \| prison health care delivery \| health care denial \| official records \| death cause \| India
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	Indian journal of medical ethics ; vol. 8, no. 3

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	Detention of civilians in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine: 24 February 2022 - 23 May 2023 : Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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	202202024-20230523 \| human rights violations statistics \| prisoner treatment \| civilian population victimisation \| arbitrary arrest and detention statistics \| agents responsible for violations \| foreign occupation forces \| access to places of detention \| human rights monitoring effectiveness \| concentration camps prisoners \| disappearances \| human rights defenders victimisation \| incommunicado detention \| secret detention \| deportation \| summary executions statistics \| accountability \| torture allegations statistics \| inhuman treatment \| prison conditions effects \| withholding medical treatment \| death in custody \| Ukraine \| Russian Federation
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	Transnational comparison of the impact of COVID-19 on medicolegal death investigations and the administration of justice : early stages of the pandemic
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	Lam, Vienna C. \| King, Steff \| Fabian, Sheryl C. \| Anderson, Gail S.
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	UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
	UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) \| prison conditions \| pre-trial detention \| intersex persons \| torture prevention effectiveness \| repatriation, involuntary \| prosecution for torture \| judicial independence \| federalism \| complaint system effectiveness \| death in custody statistics \| solitary confinement \| prison overcrowding \| refugee reception policy \| unaccompanied refugee minors \| asylum procedure \| deportation proceedings \| immigration detention \| quality assessment \| training of police personnel effectiveness \| training of prison personnel effectiveness \| border control \| risk of torture \| risk assessment \| refoulement prevention effectiveness \| extradition \| financial support \| human rights protection effectiveness \| national institution's role \| NPMs \| legal aid accessibility \| medical examination on admission \| detainee rights \| diplomatic assurances \| criminal procedure \| torture definition \| criminal investigation of torture effectiveness \| criminal law \| torture criminalisation \| state compliance \| domestic implementation \| Switzerland
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	Prisoner lives cut short : the need to address structural, societal and environmental factors to reduce preventable prisoner deaths
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	Oxford University Press
	Mulgrew, Róisín
	death in custody prevention \| prisoner rights \| risk factors \| state obligations \| prison conditions effects \| right to life \| prisoner violence effects \| prison health care delivery \| prison health care quality \| torture prevention \| starvation \| economic crisis \| hygiene \| water quality \| poverty \| food supply \| corruption effects \| criminal gangs \| prisoner self-rule \| riot control adverse effects \| risk factors \| firearms \| physical restraint adverse effects \| prison personnel violence \| prison overcrowding effects \| communicable disease control effectiveness \| case law \| international legal instruments \| health services accessibility \| medical examination on admission \| prison inspection's role \| prison oversight effectiveness \| universal
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