Reporting Killings as Human Rights Violations Handbook

Combating Torture

A Manual for Judges and Prosecutors

By Conor Foley

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Table of Contents - Search - Introduction - 1: The Prohibition of Torture in International Law - 2: Safeguards Against Torture - 3: The Role of Judges and Prosecutors - 4: Conducting Investigations and Inquiries - 5: Prosecuting Suspected Torturers and Providing Redress - Appendices
2 Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty: section links...
Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty - Notifying people of their rights - Use of officially recognised places of detention and maintenance of effective custody records - Avoiding incommunicado detention - Humane conditions of detention - Limits on interrogation - Access to a lawyer and respect for the functions of a lawyer - Access to a doctor - The right to challenge the lawfulness of detention - Safeguards for special categories of detainees

2 Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty

Contents

Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty

Notifying people of their rights

Use of officially recognised places of detention and maintenance of effective custody records

Avoiding incommunicado detention

Humane conditions of detention

Limits on interrogation

Access to a lawyer and respect for the functions of a lawyer

Access to a doctor

The right to challenge the lawfulness of detention

Safeguards for special categories of detainees

Women in detention

Juvenile detainees

People with mental health problems

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2 Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty: section links...
Safeguards against torture for those deprived of their liberty - Notifying people of their rights - Use of officially recognised places of detention and maintenance of effective custody records - Avoiding incommunicado detention - Humane conditions of detention - Limits on interrogation - Access to a lawyer and respect for the functions of a lawyer - Access to a doctor - The right to challenge the lawfulness of detention - Safeguards for special categories of detainees
Manual links: website home page
Table of Contents - Search - Introduction - 1: The Prohibition of Torture in International Law - 2: Safeguards Against Torture - 3: The Role of Judges and Prosecutors - 4: Conducting Investigations and Inquiries - 5: Prosecuting Suspected Torturers and Providing Redress - Appendices
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