[psych-hr] The Torture Reporting Handbook

Would you have a contact for any organization in the Dallas, Texas area
that uses or is familiar with the handbook described below?

Kind regards,

Chris

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Source: Online Human Rights Education Library
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/torturehandbook.html

Title: The Torture Reporting Handbook. How to document and respond to
allegations of torture within the international system for the protection
of human rights
Author(s): Camille Giffard
Publisher: Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Place of publication: Colchester
Year of publication: 2000
ISBN/ISSN: 1 874635 28 5
Language(s): Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords: handbook, torture, monitoring, human rights monitors, lawyers,
medical professionals, international law of armed conflict, crimes against
humanity, 1503 procedure, Special Rapporteur on Torture, Committee Against
Torture, Human Rights Committee, European Committee for the Prevention of
Torture, European Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Special
Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa
Description: This handbook is a reference guide on how to take action in
response to allegations of torture or ill-treatment. It explains how the
process of reporting and submitting complaints to international bodies and
mechanisms works; how you might go about documenting allegations; what you
can do with the information once it has been collected; how to choose
between the various mechanisms according to your particular objectives; and
how to present your information in a way which makes it most likely that
you will obtain a response.
Format: HTML, PDF, Word




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