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human rights

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

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.

People participating Women's March in Washington D.C. holding a sign written: Trans Rights are Human Rights.
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LGBTQI+

Inside Turkey’s Prisons: Protecting Human Rights of Transgender Prisoners

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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

The shape of a pensive and worried person behind a bar
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

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Italy

National Ombudsperson for the Rights of Detainees: Presentation of First Activities Report for First Year of Mandate, Rome, March 21st 2017

human rights

Italy: Mauro Palma nominated first national ombudsman for the rights of persons detained or deprived of their liberty

Paintings with children
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prison conditions

Being parents in jail: between rights of adults and rights of children

A jail's window
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seminars

Extreme sentences: life sentence and torture. A critical analysis of punishments, Padova, 6-7 June 2014

Two seminars on life sentence and torture
Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
© Consiglio d'Europa
Italy

European Court of Human Rights: Italy sentenced again for inhuman and degrading treatment in relation to prison conditions

Nimba county prison inmate looks through a window of a cell, Liberia, 2008
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Italy

Council of Europe: a survey highlights the problem of prison overcrowding in Italy and in Europe