Appendices

Appendix 1: Selected international instruments

1. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Articles 1-16

2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 7 and 10; the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 3; the American Convention on Human Rights, Article 5; the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Article 5

3. Common Article 3 to the four Geneva Conventions 1949

4. The Statute of the International Criminal Court, Articles 7 and 8

5. Human Rights Committee General Comment 20 to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

6. Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment

7. Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors (extracts)

8. Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (extracts)

9. Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (extracts)

10. Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on Torture (extracts)

11. The right to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Final Report of the Special Rapporteur, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni

12. Principles on the effective investigation and documentation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (the Istanbul Protocol)

Appendix 2: The CPT Standards -- Selected extracts

Selected extracts

Appendix 3: Further information and contact organisations

Further information and contact organisations

Appendix 4: Table of ratification status of selected human rights instruments

Table of ratification status of selected human rights instruments

Further Reading