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| Monitoring places of detention: a practical guide for NGOs | |
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Annette Corbaz |
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Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) |
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Geneva |
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2002 |
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2-9700214-1-2 |
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English, Farsi, Russian |
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guide, human rights monitors, law enforcement officials, NGO staff, prison officials, human rights monitoring, inhuman or degrading treatment, pre-trial detention, prison conditions, prisoners' rights, torture, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel and Degrading Treatment (CAT), European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations Prison Rules, Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment |
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| Description |
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Through reference points and questions, this guide is aimed at helping NGOs to set up and implement a monitoring programme of places of detention. Among possible national visiting mechanisms, national nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) possess some interesting advantages, the most important one being their independence from the authorities. NGOs monitoring places of detention can be both a civil society watchdog and contribute to the respect of human dignity of persons deprived of their liberty. The guide addresses issues such as obtaining the authorisation of access, establishing the programme of visits, as well as the methodology of visits and the follow-up to the visit. The guide also presents and comments on international standards to be looked at during a visit, such as the standards on treatment, protection measures or material conditions. |
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http://www.apt.ch/index.php?option=com_docman&task
=doc_download&gid=155&Itemid=259&lang=en  English
http://www.apt.ch/index.php?option=com_docman&task
=doc_download&gid=245&Itemid=259&lang=en Farsi
http://www.apt.ch/index.php?option=com_docman&task
=doc_download&gid=156&Itemid=259&lang=en Russian
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