A practical guide from APT (Association for the Preventing of Torture) to monitor places of detention through regular and unannounced visits constitute one of the most effective way to prevent torture and ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. This book is already completed by optional protocol to the UN Convention against torture.
This guide to international jurisprudence on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment gives the resources to answer the question about torture. The guide has a global scope, examining jurisprudence from UN bodies, regional human rights systems in Europe, the Americas and Africa, and the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugos…
This report was prepared by the Working Group on the Advocacy against Torture (WGAT) in consultation with the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the World Organization against Torture. The Working Group on the Advocacy against Torture (WGAT) was set up in 2007 as a follow up to the workshop on the engagement of NGOs with UN mechanisms working on torture, including the Committee ag…