Preventing torture

... or Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. PHR provides the text as a PDF download but you can also browse its chapters in HTML form. - [Read more]

Website of the Special Rapporteur, currently Manfred Novak. - [Read more]

This is the KEY manual to download and read if ever you have to visit detainees in a monitoring function. The original draft was written by Annette Corbaz, a seasoned ICRC detention delegate, and indeed through this manual you will be able to capture a good part the ICRC's multi-decade experience in this fascinating area of human rights work. An APT and OSCE collaboration. - [Read more]

By Amnesty International. It brings together the standards and recommendations of the UN, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and other sources from around the world, as well as Amnesty International’s recommendations, concerning the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. - [Read more]

A guide to the implementation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Aisling Reidy. - [Read more]

The recommendations that the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, which visits prisons all over the 46 countries of the Council of Europe, constitute a formidable body of jurisprudence which sets standards for treatment of prisoners not only in Europe. In addition to this text on the CPT's standards, be sure to visit the country reports collection by clicking on the "States" tab. - [Read more]

A reference for anyone who wishes to know how to take action in response to allegations of torture or ill-treatment. It explains simply and clearly how the process of reporting and submitting complaints to international bodies and mechanisms actually works, and how to make the most of it: 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 h - [Read more]

This service, provided by the dynamic Association for the Prevention of Torture, provides a daily roundup of news concerning torture. Simple and useful. - [Read more]

Section of the Minnesota human rights library on the administration of justice. - [Read more]

A unique and comprehensive online database of international, regional and national documentation related to the prevention of torture. And thanks to its ingenious menubar system, you can navigate an incredible number of documents as easily as you navigate your iPod. Thank you APT! - [Read more]

This manual outlines the duties and responsibilities of judges and prosecutors to prevent and investigate acts of torture. It also provides practical advice about how torture can be combated at a procedural level. By Colin Foley, Essex University Human Rights Centre. - [Read more]

Multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of original research and systematic reviews among professionals concerned with the biomedical, psychological and social interface of torture. The focus is not only on biomedicine, psychology and rehabilitation, but also on epidemiology, social sciences and other disciplines related to torture. - [Read more]