Torture
Core Documents
African
(Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
American
Convention on Human Rights
American
Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
Arab
Charter of Human Rights
European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Documents
Treaties
Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
Geneva
Convention for the
Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members
of Armed
Forces at Sea (Second Geneva Convention)
Geneva
Convention on the
Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces
in the
Field (First Geneva Convention)
Geneva
Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth
Geneva
Convention)
Geneva
Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Third Geneva
Convention)
Optional
Protocol
to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
Protocol
relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts
(First
Protocol to the Geneva Conventions)
Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court
Instruments
Basic
Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
Body
of
Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of
Detention or
Imprisonment
Code
of
Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
Principles
of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel,
particularly
Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against
Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Principles
on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other
Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Standard
Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
UN Reports and Resolutions
Report
of
the Special Rapporteur on Torture (1997)
Report
of the Special Rapporteur on Torture (2003)
Special
Rapporteur on Torture's Study on the Situation of Trade in and
Production of
Equipment which is Specifically Designed to Inflict Torture or Other
Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, its Origin, Destination and Forms (2003)
UN Treaty Body General Comments
Committee
Against Torture General Comment 1 on Implementation of
Article 3 of the Convention in the Context of Article 22
Human
Rights
Committee General Comment 20 on the Prohibition of Torture and Cruel
Treatment
or Punishment
UN Treaty Body Views
Elmi
v Australia (Committee Against Torture Views on Communication
120/1998)
Youssef
El-Megreisi v
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Human Rights Committee Views on
Communication
440/1990)
Judgments of International Courts
International Court of Justice
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
v Belgium
International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia
Prosecutor
v Furundzija
Prosecutor
v Kunarac, Kovac and Vukovic
Regional Documents
Regional Treaties
European
Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or
Punishment
Inter-American
Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
Regional Instruments
African Union
Guidelines
and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel,
Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa ('Robben
Island Guidelines')
Judgements and Decisions by Regional Courts and Bodies
European Court of Human Rights
Aksoy
v Turkey
Aydin
v Turkey
Chahal
v United Kingdom
Ireland
v
United Kingdom
Selmouni
v France
Tomasi
v France
Other Documents
National Legislation
US
War
Crimes Act
National Decisions
Public
Committee Against Torture in Israel
and Others v State of Israel and Others (Israel Supreme Court)
R
v Bow Street Metropolitan
Stipendiary Magistrate and Others, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte
(No. 3) (United Kingdom House of Lords)
National Level Documents
Memorandum
for Alberto R. Gonzales Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation
Report
of Pentagon Working Group on Detainee Interrogations in the Global War
on
Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Historical, Policy and Operational
Considerations
NGO Documents
Amnesty
International "Combating Torture: A Manual for Action"
Amnesty
International "The Pain Merchants: Security Equipment and its Use in
Torture
and Other Ill-Treatment"
