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International legal instruments relating to pre-trial justice and the prevetention of torture
This gives an overview of international legal instruments pertaining to pre-trial justice and the prevention of torture.
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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly
resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984
entry into force 26 June 1987, in ...
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Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 44/128 of 15 December 1989
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone in the history of human rights. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General ...
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United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
These rules seek to set out what is generally accepted as being good principle and practice in the treatment of prisoners and the management of institutions. ...
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United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners under review
An intergovernmental expert group met in January 2012 to consider the way forward.
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Submission by CSPRI to Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill B10-2011.pdf
The submission deals with the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill and addresses: lack of a definition of “grave breaches”; the criminalisation of all ...
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African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Adopted 27 June 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982), entered into force 21 October 1986
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Ouagadougou Declaration on Accelerating Penal and Prison Reform in Africa
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