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torture

Regeni Case: the fight for truth and justice continues

The Justice and Correction Section of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) supports a gardening project in the local jail in Sevare, which allows prisoners to grow their own food and to garnish a small income from the sale of that which they produce. Here, the hands of two prisoners who participate in the project. Their faces are not shown in order to respect their privacy and protect their identity.
© UN Photo/Harandane Dicko
prison conditions

The Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes a report on its visit to four closed migrants’ pre-repatriation centres in Italy

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prison conditions

Report of the Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee (CPT) on the "ad hoc" visit to Italy CPT/Inf (2024) 34

IOM staff and local authorities discuss the needs of internally displaced persons in front of a damaged school in Zhytomyr centre.
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violence

UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine observes systematic and widespread indiscriminate attacks towards civilians

Verità per Giulio Regeni. Paola e Claudio Regeni e Alessandra Ballerini legale della famiglia incontrano studentesse e studenti dell'Università di Padova, Venerdì 3 marzo 2023, ore 17.00
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torture

Regeni Case: the Constitutional Court rules on prosecution in the absence of defendants for the crime of torture

Some European Court of Human Rights judges in session
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gender-based violence

2022 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on Femicide and Measures to Prevent Domestic Violence in Italy

Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
© 2021 The New York Times/Redux.
human rights

World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

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

Vaccination programmes for people deprived of liberty

Appeal for International Solidarity to Protect Freedom of Expression in Iraq
© Jan Sefti
human rights defenders (HRDs)

Appeal for International Solidarity to Protect Freedom of Expression in Iraq

human rights

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

Guantanamo camp
human rights

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

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of her first opening statement at the Human Rights Council
© UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré
human rights

Michelle Bachelet statement on the death penalty and torture for sexual crimes

Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
© Otávio Roth
torture

Preventive Mechanisms in the Struggle against Torture: monitoring Places of Deprivation of Liberty to prevent Human Rights Violations

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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Italy

European Court of Human Rights: Italy condemned three times for inhumane and degrading treatment

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Italy

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Italy