Acknowledgments:
Contributions to the development of this publication were made by a group of international and national experts and practitioners, through detailed responses to a
questionnaire and an expert consultation held in Warsaw in December 2019. This includes representatives from:
Amnesty International; APADOR CH, Romania; The Association for the Prevention of
Torture; The Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement,
Ukraine; The Belgrade Human Rights Centre, Serbia; Civil Organization “Forpost”/
Human Rights Group “Sich”, Ukraine; the Civic Solidarity Platform, Working Group on
the Fight against Torture; The Eastern-Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives, Ukraine; The
Expert Center for Human Rights, Ukraine; The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association,
Georgia; Golos Svobody (Voice of Freedom), Kyrgyzstan; The Helsinki Foundation for
Human Rights, Poland; The Helsinki Association of Armenia, Armenia; the Hungarian
Helsinki Committee, Hungary; the Human Rights Association, Turkey; The Kharkiv
Institute for Social Research, Ukraine; The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group,
Ukraine; The Macedonian Young Lawyers’ Association, North Macedonia; Nota Bene,
Tajikistan; the Anti-Torture Coalition, Tajikistan; The Open Society Justice Initiative; The
Public Verdict Foundation, Russia; Promo LEX, Moldova; The United Nations Committee
against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
Ukraine without Torture, Ukraine; and The World Organisation against Torture.
The initial drafts of this document were provided to ODIHR by Bruno Min, consultant,
and Roseanne Burke, Legal and Policy Officer at Fair Trials.