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Note to users of the Manual.....................................................................
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Acknowledgements .................................................................................
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The training package: objectives and beneficiaries....................................
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Explanation of symbols.............................................................................
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Section I.
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INTRODUCTION
Chapter
Paragraphs
1.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRISONS ...........................................
1-11
3
1.
A.
The purposes of imprisonment......................................
1-4
3
1.
B.
Human rights . ..............................................................
5-8
4
1.
C.
The role of prison officials ............................................
9-11
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2.
2.
SOURCES, SYSTEMS AND STANDARDS FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ......................
12-91
6
1.
A.
Relevance of international standards ............................
12-17
6
1.
B.
The basic sources ..........................................................
1. Charter of the United Nations ..................................
2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.....................
3. Treaties: covenants and conventions.........................
4. Principles, minimum rules and declarations ..............
18-55
18-20
21
22-41
42-55
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8
8
9
14
1.
C.
United Nations human rights machinery .......................
1. Conventional (treaty-based) mechanisms..................
2. Extraconventional (Charter-based) mechanisms ........
(a) Confidential procedure.....................................
(b) Public procedure ..............................................
(c) Urgent action appeals.......................................
56-77
60-66
67-77
68-70
71-76
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1.
D.
Sources, systems and standards at the regional level .....
1. The European system under the Council of Europe...
2. The inter-American system under the Organization
of American States...................................................
3. The African system under the African Union ............
78-91
79-82
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83-87
88-91
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Section II.
RIGHT TO PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY
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3.
PROHIBITION OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT ...............................
33
4.
ADMISSION AND RELEASE ................................................................
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