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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

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

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.
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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
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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

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

Headquarters of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France).
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Council of Europe

Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights urges Italian Parliament to adopt a law on torture which is fully compliant with international human rights standards

Soulaf Abas, 249, 250, 251, 252, oil on canvas. 12"x 16", 2013
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human rights

Photography exhibition “Codename: Caesar. Syrian detainees – victims of torture” at the Human Rights Centre

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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