Publications

Guidance: Monitoring Places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Monitoring Police Custody - A practical guide (2013)

Access to a lawyer during the first hours of custody – A Situation Analysis

Guide on anti-torture legislation (2016)

"Action Toolkit" on safeguards to prevent torture in Thailand

Robben Island Guidelines: practical guide for implementation (2008)

Eight building blocks for a torture-free future: The prevention of torture and other ill-treatment in times of transition (2012)

Women in detention: a guide to gender-sensitive monitoring

Visiting places of detention - What role for physicians and other health professionals? (2008)

Torture in International Law - A guide to jurisprudence (2008)

The Application of OPCAT to a State Party's places of military detention overseas: Briefing paper (2009)

Series on Safeguards to Prevent Torture in Police Custody in Latin America

The Optional Protocol Implementation Manual (2010)

Towards the Effective Protection of LGBTI Persons Deprived of Liberty: A Monitoring Guide

Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions (2010)

OPCAT - An Opportunity for Refugee and Migrant Rights Protection: Briefing paper (2009)

Monitoring Places of Detention: a practical guide (2004)

Monitoring Immigration Detention - Practical manual (2014)

National Preventive Mechanisms - Drafting effective annual reports: Briefing paper (2012)

LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring

The Right of Access to Lawyers for Persons Deprived of Liberty: Briefing paper (2010)

Putting prevention into practice - OPCAT 10th anniversary booklet (2016)

Institutional culture in detention: a framework for preventive monitoring

Guide for the Establishment and Designation of NPMs (2006)

Making Effective Recommendations: Briefing paper (2008)

Using Interpreters in Detention Monitoring: Briefing paper (2009)

Detention Monitoring Tool - Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment (2013)

Selection of Persons to Interview in the Context of Preventive Detention Monitoring: Briefing paper (2009)

Balancing security and dignity in prisons: a framework for preventive monitoring

Opinions and Recommendations of the French 'Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté' (2008 - 2014)

Mitigating the risks of sanctions related to detention monitoring: Briefing paper (2012)

The role of lawyers in the prevention of torture: Briefing paper (2008)

National Human Rights Institutions as NPMs: opportunities and challenges (2013)

Key Issues in Drafting Anti-Torture Legislation (2013)

A visit by the CPT - what's it all about? 15 questions and answers for the police (1999)

The Torture Prevention Ambassadors' Good Practice Report (2016)

Changing Cultures in Closed Environments: What Works? (2014)

Monitoring Places of Detention: a practical guide for NGOs (2002)

Monitoring the forced deportation flights of migrants: Briefing paper (2012)

Comprehensive Checklist for NPMs

Selection of candidates to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture: APT Guidance (2018)

Implementing the OPCAT in Federal and Other Decentralised States: Briefing paper (2011)

Strategies and tools for effective follow-up to recommendations

Treatment and detention regime of detainees suffering from tuberculosis

UNCAT Signature and Ratification: Briefing paper (2014)

Visiting Places of Detention Outside the EU - A guide for Members of the European Parliament (2015)

Why ratify the OPCAT?