Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Legal Issues
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Legal Briefing Series Files : 5

2: The Right of Access to Lawyers for Persons Deprived of Liberty (English, French, Georgian & Spanish)

1: The Application of OPCAT to a State Party's places of military detention located overseas (English)

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Torture in International Law - A guide to jurisprudence (2008) Files : 2
Available in English and Arabic
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Torture under International Law: Compilation of Norms (2000) Files : 2
Available in English and French
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International and Regional Mechanisms to Combat Torture (2000) Files : 3
Available in English, French and Spanish
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APT Guidelines on Alternative Reporting to UN Treaty Bodies (2004) Files : 4
Available in English, French, Russian and Spanish
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Guide to Jurisprudence on Torture and Ill-treatment, Article 3 of the European Convention Files : 4
Available in English, French, Russian and Spanish
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The Prohibition of Torture (2005-2009) Files : 16

Combating Torture: A Manual for Judges and Prosecutors (Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, Thai, 2009)

Bringing the International Prohibition of Torture Home (Thai, 2009)

The role of lawyers in the prevention of torture (English, French Thai, 2008)

Désamorcer le scénario de la bombe à retardement: Pourquoi nous devons toujours dire NON à la torture (Français, 2007)

Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario - Why we must say No to torture, always. (Arabic, English, 2007-2008)

The Prohibition of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment under International Humanitarian Law: Source Texts (English, 2007)

Incommunicado, Unacknowledged and Secret Detention Under International Law (English, 2006)

The Absolute and Comprehensive Prohibition of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (English, 2005)

The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the prevention of torture... (English, French & Spanish, 2005)

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Torture Law Compilation

The APT's research tool, the Compilation of Torture Laws, is accessible at www.apt.ch/laws

Focusing on issues related to the criminalisation of torture, this tool compiles national laws of State Parties to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT).