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Resources on torture
Special Rapporteur on torture
- Position paper on non-refoulement and the prohibition of torture (2026)
- Q&A - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture’s recommendations for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty (2026)
- Charter of Rights of Victims and Survivors of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2026)
- Q&A Hostage-taking and torture (A/HRC/58/55) (2025)
- Factsheet: Sexual Torture (2024)
- The Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests (A/HRC/55/60)
- Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement (2020)
- Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (A/74/136)-(2019)
- Integrating a Gender Perspective into Human Rights Investigations (2018)
- Preventing Torture: The Role of National Preventive Mechanisms (2018)
- Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement (2017)
- Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with the Asia Pacific Forum and the Association for the Prevention of Torture) (2010)
- Human Rights and Prisons: A Pocketbook of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials (2005)
- Human Rights and Prisons: A compilation of International Human Rights Instruments concerning the Administration of Justice (2005)
- Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police Expanded Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police (2004)
- Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Trainer’s Guide on Human Rights for the Police (2002)
- Combatting Torture (2002)
- Medical and Ethical Aspects of Hunger Strikes in Custody and the Issue of Torture (ICRC 1998)
- Human Rights and Pre-trial Detention: A Handbook of International Standards relating to Pre-trial Detention (1994)