The Torture Reporting Handbook
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1. Introduction to Possible Courses of Action - 2. What You Should Know about International Reporting Mechanisms and how to use them - 3. What You Should Know about International Complaint Procedures and how to use them - 4. The Mechanisms and Procedures: United Nations - 5. The Mechanisms and Procedures: Regional - 6. Comparative Evaluation Tables of The International Procedures - 7. Where Might You Seek Further Help? - Summary Of Part III  

PART III - RESPONDING TO THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

1. Introduction to Possible Courses of Action

1.1 Action at the international level

1.2 Action at the national level

2. What You Should Know About International Reporting Mechanisms and How To Use Them

2.1 What kind of general characteristics should your communication have?

2.2 Submitting information to a body engaged in monitoring: what should your communication include?

2.3 Submitting information in the context of the state reporting procedure

2.4 Submitting information to a body engaged in fact-finding

3. What You Should Know About International Complaint Procedures and How To Use Them

3.1 What can you seek to achieve by using individual complaint procedures?

3.2 What kind of complaints can individual complaint procedures examine?

3.3 How do individual complaint procedures work?

3.4 What should an application under an individual complaint procedure contain?

3.5 Practical tips for using individual complaint procedures

4. The Mechanisms and Procedures: United Nations

4.1 Introduction to the United Nations system

4.2 Reporting mechanisms within the United Nations system

4.3 Complaint procedures within the United Nations system

5. The Mechanisms and Procedures: Regional

5.1 The European system

5.2 The Inter-American system

5.3 The African system

5.4 Other regions

6. Comparative Evaluation Tables of the International Procedures

7. Where Might You Seek Further Help?

7.1 Why might you wish to seek further help?

7.2 Some specific sources of help

Part III - Summary

 

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1. Introduction to Possible Courses of Action - 2. What You Should Know about International Reporting Mechanisms and how to use them - 3. What You Should Know about International Complaint Procedures and how to use them - 4. The Mechanisms and Procedures: United Nations - 5. The Mechanisms and Procedures: Regional - 6. Comparative Evaluation Tables of The International Procedures - 7. Where Might You Seek Further Help? - Summary Of Part III  
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