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I: Preliminary Matters - Part II:
Documenting Allegations - Part III:
Responding to the Information Collected - Appendices |
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Publishing Information, Contributors and Acknowledgements
3.2 What can you hope to achieve by reporting allegations of torture?
3.2.1 Draw attention to a situation/establish a pattern of violations
3.2.2 Seek positive changes in a general situation
3.2.4 Seek a remedy for an individual victim
3.2.4.1 A finding of violation
3.3.2 What does international law say about the meaning of torture?
3.3.3 What does this mean in practical terms?
3.4.1 Who are the perpetrators?
3.5 In what contexts might you receive or obtain allegations of torture?
3.6 Can allegations be made against non-governmental actors?
3.6.1 Can action be taken under human rights law?
3.6.2 Do other types of law prohibiting torture apply to non-governmental actors?
3.6.2.1 International law of armed conflict
3.6.3 Conclusion: how can you use information alleging torture by non-governmental actors?
PART II - DOCUMENTING ALLEGATIONS
2. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DOCUMENTATION
2.1 Why do these principles matter?
2.2 What does good quality information consist of?
2.3 What can you do to maximise the accuracy and reliability of information?
3. INTERVIEWING THE PERSON ALLEGING TORTURE
3.3.2 How should you begin the interview?
3.3.3 Should you keep notes of the interview?
3.3.4 By whom should the interview be conducted?
3.3.5 Are there any special considerations to keep in mind when using interpreters?
3.3.6 What can you do to make the interviewee feel more at ease?
3.3.7 How can you deal with people who are too afraid to talk?
3.3.9 How can you address the sensitivity of the subject-matter?
3.3.10 What can you do to maximise the reliability of information?
3.3.12 Are there any special considerations to take into account when interviewing children?
4. INFORMATION WHICH SHOULD BE RECORDED
4.1.1 What kind of details do you need in order to answer these basic questions?
4.1.2 What can you do to obtain these details without influencing the content of the account?
PART III - RESPONDING TO THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
1. INTRODUCTION TO POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION
1.1 Action at the international level
1.1.1 Range of international procedures
1.1.2 How to select an international procedure
1.1.2.1 Availability: which mechanisms are open to you?
1.1.2.2 Suitability: which mechanisms are most suited to your objectives?
1.2 Action at the national level
1.2.3 Administrative proceedings
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
2.3.1 How does the state reporting procedure work?
2.3.3 What should an NGO report in the context of the state reporting procedure contain?
2.3.4 Practical tips for submitting information in the context of the state reporting procedure
2.4 Submitting information to a body engaged in fact-finding
2.4.1 Submitting information in advance of a fact-finding visit
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
4.2.1 The United Nations Non-Treaty Procedures
4.2.1.1.1 How does the 1503 Procedure work?
4.2.1.1.2 What can you achieve by submitting information to the 1503 Procedure?
4.2.1.1.3 What should a communication to the 1503 Procedure contain?
4.2.1.2 The Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights
4.2.1.2.1 Thematic Rapporteurs and Working Groups
4.2.2 The United Nations Treaty Bodies
4.2.2.1 Committee Against Torture
4.2.2.1.1 How does the Committee Against Torture work?
4.2.2.1.2 What can you achieve by submitting information to the Committee Against Torture?
4.2.2.1.3 What should a communication to the Committee Against Torture contain?
4.2.2.2 Human Rights Committee
4.3 Complaint procedures within the United Nations system
4.3.1 The Committee Against Torture
4.3.1.1 What kind of complaints can it examine?
5. THE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES: REGIONAL
5.1.1 Reporting Mechanism: The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
5.1.1.1 How does the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture work?
5.1.1.3 What should a communication to the Committee for the Prevention of Torture contain?
5.1.2 Complaint Procedure: The European Convention on Human Rights
5.1.2.1 What are the admissibility requirements?
5.2.1 Reporting Mechanism: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
5.2.1.1 How does the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights work?
5.2.1.3 What should a communication to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights contain?
5.2.2 Complaint Procedure: the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights
5.2.2.1 What can you achieve by using this procedure?
5.2.2.2 What kind of complaints can be examined?
5.3.1.1 African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.3.1.2 Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa
5.3.2 Complaint Procedure: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
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
7.2.1 International Committee of the Red Cross
7.2.2 UN High Commissioner for Refugees
7.2.3 Field missions and visits
7.2.4 International and national or local NGOs, and other support organisations
APPENDIX I - LIST OF RELEVANT INSTRUMENTS
APPENDIX II - CONTACT DETAILS AND OBTAINING FURTHER INFORMATION
APPENDIX III - STANDARD APPLICATION FORMS
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