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      • The OPCAT: torture prevention in practice
      • Torture prevention works
        • Chile - country summary
        • Ethiopia - country summary
        • Georgia - country summary
        • Hungary - country summary
        • India - country summary
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        • Israel - country summary
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        • United Kingdom - country summary
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      • Guidance: Monitoring Places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic
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      • News and webinar series
      • Podcast "Perspectives"
      • Voices from the field
    • APT Strategic Plan
      • APT Strategic Plan (2020-2023)
      • Previous Strategic Plans
      • Preventing torture – From an idea to a global reality
    • Torture prevention
      • Definition of torture
      • What is torture prevention?
    • Campaigns
      • Principles on Effective Interviewing
      • Women & Prison
        • Body searches
        • Solitary Confinement
    • Highlighted Projects
      • Artists against torture
      • Custody hearings in Brazil
      • Developing Guidelines on non-coercive Interviewing and Safeguards
      • Digital Mapping on Justice and Deprivation of Liberty in Latin America and the Caribbean
      • Rwanda: supporting the establishment of oversight body
      • Safeguarding against risk of torture in Thailand
      • #SafeInCustody
        • Changing the public mindset and narrative in Malaysia
        • Improving police practices in Thailand
        • Increasing transparency in police custody in the Philippines
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        • Middle East & North Africa
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        • Education
        • Outdoor exercise
        • Recreational activities
        • Religion
        • Transfer
        • Work
      • Material conditions of detention
        • Accommodation
        • Clothing and bedding
        • Food and water
        • Lighting and ventilation
        • Sanitary facilities and personal hygiene
      • Safeguards
        • Access and contact with lawyer
        • Access to a judge
        • Complaints procedures
        • Files and records
        • Inspection mechanisms
        • Right to information
      • Safety, order and discipline
        • Body searches
        • Cell searches
        • Disciplinary measures
        • Means of restraint
        • Separation of detainees
        • Solitary confinement
        • Use of force
      • Treatment
        • Inter-detainee violence
        • Torture and ill-treatment
      • Health care
        • Health care for specific groups
        • Health care services
        • Health care staff
      • Personnel
        • Recruitment
        • Training of prison staff
        • Working conditions
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      • Activities
        • Preventive visits
          • How many visits should be conducted every year?
          • How to conduct a preventive visit?
          • Should NPMs conduct both announced and unannounced visits?
          • What are the different "types" of visits?
          • What is a “preventive” visit?
          • What is the “average length” of a preventive visit?
          • Where and when should the NPM’s first visit be conducted?
          • Why have a programme of visits?
        • Recommendations and Follow-Up Strategies
          • How can NPMs follow-up on recommendations?
          • How to systematise and keep track of recommendations over time?
          • What are NPM recommendations?
          • What can NPMs do to overcome obstacles in the implementation of their recommendations?
          • What makes a good recommendation?
          • What types of recommendations are made by NPMs?
          • Why is it important to have a follow-up strategy for NPM recommendations?
        • Annual Reports
          • How to strategically disseminate an annual report ?
          • What is an NPM annual report ?
          • What is the target audience of an NPM annual report ?
          • What should be the content of an NPM annual report ?
          • What should be the format of an NPM annual report ?
          • When NPMs operate within a broader institution or are comprised of several institutions, should the NPM annual report be published separately ?
          • Who should write an NPM annual report ?
          • Why draft an annual report ?
        • Thematic and other reports
          • How to choose a topic for a thematic report?
          • How to gather information for a thematic report?
          • Suggested content of a thematic report
          • Suggested format of a thematic report
          • What are thematic reports?
          • What should be the dissemination and follow-up strategy for a thematic report?
          • Why draft a thematic report?
        • Visit reports
        • Dealing with Torture and Other Serious Human Rights Violations
        • Handling complaints
        • Legal and policy work
      • Engaging with others
        • Coordination with other monitoring bodies
          • How to coordinate with other bodies conducting visits?
          • Who are other national bodies conducting visits?
          • Why coordinate with other bodies conducting visits?
        • Working with external experts
          • What are external experts and why do NPMs work with them?
          • What are the different modalities of working with external experts?
          • What is the role of external experts?
          • What is the status of external experts (rights and obligations)?
          • Which requirements should external experts meet?
        • Communication and Working with the Media
        • Dialogue with authorities
        • Engaging with civil society
        • Interaction with the SPT
          • How could NPMs handle expectations regarding complaints?
          • How should NPMs react externally to complaints?
          • What are the synergies between complaints and the NPM’s preventive mandate?
          • What challenges do complaints raise for the NPM’s preventive mandate?
          • What internal procedures should NPMs put in place to receive and handle complaints?
          • What is a complaint?
        • Interactions with international/regional bodies
        • Working with Courts and the Judiciary
      • Institutional Development
        • Strategy and Planning
        • Profile and skills of NPM members and staff
          • Can seconded state officials or civil servants work for NPMs?
          • Should NPM members and staff have the same privileges and guarantees?
          • What are the other key considerations for the designation of members and staff of an NPM?
          • What do independence and impartiality mean for NPM members and staff?
          • What professional expertise is required for NPM members and staff?
          • Which situations could represent a conflict of interest?
          • Which skills and other requirements should NPM members and staff have?
          • Who are NPM members and staff?
        • Internal Rules
        • Building the NPM's identity
        • Confidentiality and data protection
        • Finances
        • Selection of NPM Members and Staff
        • Using Indicators and Measuring Progress
      • NPM Models
        • Designation of an NPM
        • Multiple bodies
          • How can multiple bodies create an NPM identity and who “is” the NPM?
          • How is a multiple body NPM coordinated?
          • What are multiple body NPMs?
          • What are some of the advantages and challenges faced by multiple bodies as NPM?
          • What are the different possible structures for multiple body NPMs?
          • What are the key budget and financial considerations for a multiple body NPM?
          • What kind of reports may multiple body NPMs produce?
          • Which body liaises with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, and other international bodies?
        • National Human Rights Institutions
          • What are national human rights institutions as NPMs?
          • What are the advantages and challenges faced by NHRIs as NPMs?
          • What are the different types of NHRIs?
          • What are the key budget and financial considerations for NHRIs with an NPM mandate?
          • What are the key staffing considerations for NHRIs taking on an NPM mandate?
          • What kind of internal structure is most appropriate for NHRIs as NPMs?
          • What level of NPM autonomy for NHRIs?
        • New specialised institutions
          • Communication and making the NPM known.
          • How can new institutions work as a team and build a collective identity?
          • What are the advantages and disadvantages of a new specialised institution as an NPM?
          • What are the different types of new specialised institutions?
          • What are the first steps for a new specialised institution?
          • What is a new specialised institution?
      • Search
    • Videos
      • Protecting LGBTI persons deprived of liberty: a discussion with Victor Madrigal
      • Changing Police Mindsets: From Coercion to Justice
      • Monitoring psychiatric institutions (2016 Jean-Jacques Gautier NPM Symposium)
      • Preventing torture in Africa: Lessons and experiences from NHRIs
      • Does torture prevention work?
      • Addressing vulnerabilities in LGBT persons in detention (Jean-Jacques Gautier NPM Symposium 2015)
      • Children’s vulnerabilities in detention (Jean-Jacques Gautier NPM Symposium 2014)
      • Interview with Boubou Diouf Tall, Senegal
      • Interview with Erwin James, United Kingdom
      • World Cup: Preventing torture in Rio de Janeiro (2014)
      • Interview with Jeehan Mahmood – Maldives
      • No one knows about us
      • Expert meeting on torture-tainted information
      • Parliamentarians visiting immigration detention centres
      • Ending impunity – a graphic novella
      • Prevention of torture and ill-treatment in police custody
      • Preventing torture – From an idea to a global reality
      • Interview with Catalina Devandas: Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    • Annual Reports
    • Podcasts
  • News
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