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  • ART : 32926 : Not available for external loan
    Alternative report concerning torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Switzerland (Switzerland's eighth periodic report 2019) : 77ème session of the Committee against Torture (CAT) (July 10 to 28, 2023)
    English
    20230612
    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
    ACAT-Suisse | ACT212 | Augenauf | Amnesty International (AI) | Association pour la prévention de la torture (APT) | AsyLex | Brava | humanrights.ch | InterAction | Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) | Organisation Suisse d’aide aux réfugiés (OSAR) | Pro Mente Sana | FIACAT
  • ART : 31989 : Not available for external loan
    Understanding and practices of human rights standards relating to policing : a case of Ghana police officers
    English
    20230200
    Oxford University Press
    Ghana | human rights education | training of police personnel effectiveness | knowledge, attitudes, practice | freedom from torture | detainee rights | policing | right to privacy | accountability | right to liberty of the person | UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | attitude to torture
    Journal of human rights practice ; vol. 15, no. 1
  • ART : 29384 : Not available for external loan
    Lethal in disguise 2 : how crowd-control weapons impact health and human rights
    English
    20230000
    PHR
    20150000-20230000 | police violence | directed energy devices | water cannons | irritants | riot control agents, chemical | kinetic impact projectiles | case studies | medical documentation | physical effects | pellets | rubber bullets | beanbag rounds | acoustic weapons | disorientation devices | developed countries | developing countries | killings | wounds and injuries | tear gases | accountability effectiveness | economic conditions effects | training of police personnel effectiveness | international legal instruments effectiveness | determinants of impunity | police abuse | human rights violations | freedom of expression | freedom of assembly | riot control adverse effects | psychological effects | batons | universal
    Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) | International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) | Omega Research Foundation
  • UN : CAT/C/CHE/8 : Not available for external loan
    Eighth periodic report of Switzerland submitted under article 19 of the Convention under the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2019
    English
    20200306
    United Nations
    UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | juvenile detention | prison conditions | pre-trial detention | intersex persons | torture prevention | repatriation, involuntary | reparations for torture | prosecution for torture | judicial independence | federalism | complaint procedures | death in custody statistics | solitary confinement | forensic psychiatry | prison overcrowding | detainee statistics | refugee reception policy | unaccompanied refugee minors | asylum procedure | deportation proceedings | immigration detention | quality assessment | training of police personnel effectiveness | training of prison personnel effectiveness | universal jurisdiction | border control | risk of torture | risk assessment | refoulement prevention | extradition | financial support | human rights protection | national institution's role | NPMs | right to information | access to lawyer | medical examination on admission | detainee rights | international judicial cooperation | complicity in torture | criminal procedure | statute of limitations | criminal investigation of torture | criminal law | torture criminalisation | periodic reports | state compliance | domestic implementation | Switzerland
    Switzerland
  • UN : A/HRC/40/59/Add.2 : Not available for external loan
    Visit to Argentina : report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
    English
    20190228
    United Nations
    fact-finding missions | state behaviour | penal policy | judicial reform | prison reform | prisoner rehabilitation | torture definition | torture criminalisation | torture prevention effectiveness | NPMs | transitional justice effectiveness | prosecution for torture effectiveness | police violence | torture allegations | training of police personnel effectiveness | indigenous groups | immigrants | transgender persons | mothers | pregnant women | prisoners, female | vulnerable populations | psychiatric confinement | juvenile detention | prisoner violence | corruption | communication with family members | prisoner transfer | body searches | prison personnel violence | death in custody statistics | solitary confinement | prison health care quality | prison overcrowding | prison conditions | length of detention | prisoner characteristics | prisoner release, early | alternatives to imprisonment | complaint procedure effectiveness | determinants of impunity | criminal investigation for torture effectiveness | physical restraint | retaliation against interviewees (international procedures) | information disclosure | fear | prisons | legal confessions | torture purposes | police personnel | state agents | agents responsible for violations | torture victim characteristics | pre-trial detention | torture patterns | human rights education | Argentina
    United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture
  • UN : A/HRC/40/59/Add.5 : Not available for external loan
    Informe del Relator Especial sobre la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes acerca de su visita a Argentina : comentarios formulados por el Estado
    Spanish
    20190215
    United Nations
    fact-finding missions | state behaviour | penal policy | judicial reform | prison reform | prisoner rehabilitation | torture definition | torture criminalisation | torture prevention effectiveness | NPMs | transitional justice effectiveness | prosecution for torture effectiveness | police violence | torture allegations | training of police personnel effectiveness | indigenous groups | immigrants | transgender persons | mothers | pregnant women | prisoners, female | vulnerable populations | psychiatric confinement | juvenile detention | prisoner violence | corruption | communication with family members | prisoner transfer | body searches | prison personnel violence | death in custody statistics | solitary confinement | prison health care quality | prison overcrowding | prison conditions | length of detention | prisoner characteristics | prisoner release, early | alternatives to imprisonment | complaint procedure effectiveness | determinants of impunity | criminal investigation for torture effectiveness | physical restraint | retaliation against interviewees (international procedures) | information disclosure | fear | prisons | legal confessions | torture purposes | police personnel | state agents | agents responsible for violations | torture victim characteristics | pre-trial detention | torture patterns | human rights education | Argentina
    Argentina
  • ART : 10578 : Not available for external loan
    Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture : follow-up report to the Concluding Observations of the Committee Against Torture on the second and third periodic reports of Bahrain
    English
    20180500
    Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain
    UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | medical doctors victimisation | violence against women | juvenile detainees | determinants of torture | prosecution for torture effectiveness | criminal investigation effectiveness | complaint procedure effectiveness | accountability for torture effectiveness | police oversight effectiveness | prison oversight effectiveness | human rights monitoring effectiveness | training of police personnel effectiveness | torture prevention effectiveness | death penalty | counterterrorism | incommunicado detention | fair trial rights | detainee rights | torture allegations | torture criminalisation | torture definition | domestic implementation effectiveness | Bahrain
    Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain
  • ART : 27729 : Not available for external loan
    Qatar shadow report : report submitted to the Committee against Torture in the context of the third periodic review of Qatar
    English
    20180326
    Alkarama Foundation
    UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | death penalty | counterterrorism effects | accountability for torture effectiveness | prosecution for torture effectiveness | criminal investigation for torture effectiveness | prison oversight effectiveness | human rights monitoring effectiveness | training of police personnel effectiveness | refoulement prevention effectiveness | judicial independence | torture prevention effectiveness | absolute prohibition of torture effectiveness | torture criminalisation effectiveness | torture definition | state compliance | domestic implementation effectiveness | Qatar
    Alkarama
  • ART : 33326 : Not available for external loan
    Shadow report to the Committee Against Torture in relation to the review of the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation (CAT/C/RUS/6)
    English
    [20180000]
    Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Social Justice and Health
    UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | torture allegations | substance abuse treatment centres | drug users victimisation | detention centres | interrogation techniques | withholding drugs to addicts | humiliation | cases | imprisonment | withholding medical treatment | agents responsible for violations | police personnel | vulnerable populations | training of police personnel effectiveness | evidence admissibility | HIV/AIDS | tuberculosis | right to health | prison health care delivery | prisoner characteristics | torture prevention effectiveness | domestic implementation effectiveness | state compliance | Russian Federation
    Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Social Justice and Health
  • ART : 05957 : Not available for external loan
    Hate crimes against LGBTI persons and activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina : submission for the 62nd session of the Committee Against Torture and the review of BiH’s country report
    English
    20171000
    UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    Bosnia and Herzegovina | UNCAT | sexual minorities victimisation | hate crimes | social discrimination | human rights defenders' victimisation | impunity | social exclusion | attitude of police personnel | attitude of prosecutors | UN. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | training of police personnel effectiveness | freedom of assembly | state compliance
    Sarajevo Open Centre
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