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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 | |
Full text (via OHCHR) | |
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 | |
Golo, Harrison Kwame | |
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 | |
Full text (via PHR) | |
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 | |
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Statistical annexes to the report (via OHCHR) | |
Additional information provided by the state (via OHCHR) | |
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 | |
Full text | |
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 | |
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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 | |
Full text (via OHCHR) | |
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 | |
Full text (via OHCHR) | |
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 | |
Full text (via OHCHR) | |
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 | |
Full text (via OHCHR) | |
Sarajevo Open Centre | |