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prison conditions

Council of Europe: overcrowding in prison remains an issue

Europe

WHO reveals one-third of prisoners in Europe suffer mental health disorders

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human rights

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): Criminal detention conditions database updated

Overcrowded prisons
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Council of Europe

Prison overcrowding: the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture calls for setting a limit to the number of inmates in every prison and promoting non-custodial measures

Prison cell
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human rights protection

Death penalty should be abolished: Mass executions in Saudi Arabia and Egypt

UN expert: States should ensure accountability, transparency and access to sites of secret detention
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United Nations

UN expert: States should ensure accountability, transparency and access to sites of secret detention

UN torture prevention body calls for vaccination programmes for people deprived of liberty
COVID-19

Vaccination programmes for people deprived of liberty

human rights

Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture warns against impact of austerity measures on prison conditions

Prison cell
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Italy

SPACE Report: Europe’s imprisonment rate continues to fall

Italy

A toast for the 30th anniversary of Antigone, 18 February 2021 at 18.30

Guantanamo camp
human rights

Close ‘disgraceful’ Guantánamo camp – UN experts urge incoming US administration

Children deprived of liberty
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Children

Global Campus of Human Rights: MOOC on Children Deprived of Liberty: Enacting the Recommendations of the UN Global Study. Free enrolment until 27 December 2020.

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Council of Europe

Message from the Office of the National Ombudsperson for the Rights of Detainees and Persons Deprived of their Liberty to the imprisoned population

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Italy

National Ombudsperson for Detainees: presentation of the collection of recommendations "Norms and normality"

Political world map: states coloured in dark green have already ratified OPCAT, states in light green have signed, but not yet ratified OPCAT.
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United Nations

National Ombudsperson for the Rights of Persons Detained or Deprived of their Liberty: Hearing at the UN in Geneva