Preventing Torture

2010National Human Rights Institutions OHCHR, APT and APF

This handbook deals with the mandate and functioning of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) and the standards it has developed concerning the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and conditions of detention. The handbook will be composed of ten brochures, six of which have been published to date. The brochures are also available in French.

Key wordshuman rights / torture

CategoryManuals and guidelines