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IDLO, UN Women, UNODC, Justice for Women amidst COVID-19;
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JUSTICIA and Fair Trials, Rights Behind Bars During Covid-19 and
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Pre-trial detention: It’s time for EU action to end excessive use; and
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WHO, Leaving no one behind in prison health, Helsinki Conclusions.
Advocacy Statements
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, ‘Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 “rampaging
through places of detention” – Bachelet’, 25 March 2020.
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Statement of Special Rapporteurs, ‘COVID-19 security measures no excuse for excessive use of force,
say UN Special Rapporteurs’, 17 April 2020.
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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, ‘Call for release of immigration detainees while
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The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, ‘COVID-19 pandemic: urgent steps are needed
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Arab Reform Initiative, ‘COVID-19: Urgent Measures Must Be Taken by MENA Governments to Protect
Covid-19 crisis continues’, 26 March 2020.
to protect the rights of prisoners in Europe’, 06 April 2020.
the Prison Population’, 24 March 2020.
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ODIHR, Overcrowded shelters put migrants at unacceptable risk amidst pandemic, OSCE human
rights head says, 4 May 2020.
Monitoring Guidance
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APT, ‘Monitoring Places of detention: A Practical Guide’, 2004.
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APT, ‘Monitoring Police Custody, A practical guide’, 2013.
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APT, ‘Treatment and detention regime of detainees suffering from tuberculosis’, May 2019.
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APT/PRI, ‘Detention Monitoring Tool – Addressing risk factors to prevent torture and ill-treatment’, 2015 (2nd
ed.).
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Omega Research Foundation and the University of Exeter, Monitoring Weapons and Restraints in Places
of Detention: A Practical Guide.
Resource pages
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APT, COVID-19 And Persons Deprived Of Liberty, Information Hub.
DIGNITY, Synthesis of Global guidance and recommendations on how to prevent and manage
COVID-19
in prisons.
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European Prison Observatory (EPO), COVID-19: what is happening in European Prisons.
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Fair Trials COVID-19 Justice Project.
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Omega Research Foundation, Mapping cases of excessive use of force by law enforcement.
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Prison Insider, Coronavirus: Prison fever.
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World Prison Brief, ‘International News and Guidance on COVID-19 and Prisons’.
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