The torture reporting handbook : how to document and respond to allegations of torture within the international system for the protection of human rights / by Camille Giffard.
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TextPublication details: Colchester, U.K. : Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, 2000.Description: v, 159 p. : ill. ; 30 cmISBN: - 1874635285
- KZ7170 .G54 2000
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| K5261 .K46 2009 Kenya : | K5304 .A41984 A12 2000 Conclusions and recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture : | K5304 .A41984 A12 2000 Conclusions and recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture : | K5304 .G54 2000 The torture reporting handbook : | K5304 .G54 2000 The torture reporting handbook : | K5304 .I5413 2001 The UN committee Against torture : | K5304 .N68 2006 Not only the state : |
Includes index.
PART I: PRELIMINARY MATTERS.
1. Introduction.
2. How to use this handbook.
2.1 Outline of core chapters.
2.2 Terminology.
2.3 Essential policy issues.
3. Setting the context.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 What can you hope to achieve by reporting allegations of torture?
3.3 What is torture?
3.4 How does torture happen?
3.5 In what context might you recieve or obtain allegations of torture?
3.6 Can allegations be made against 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.
3.2 General considerations.
3.3 Conduction the interview.
4. Information which should be recorded.
4.1 Model information.
4.2 Specific contexts.
5. Evidence.
5.1 Medical evidence.
5.2 Statement of person making allegation.
5.3 Witness evidence.
5.4 Other types of evidence.
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 the 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 evalution tables of the international procedures.
7. Where might ypu seek further help?
7.1 Why might you wish to seek further help?
7.2 Some specifik sources of help.
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