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Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Ambassador Holland condemns reports of Russia's "systematic and widespread use of torture" against Ukrainian prisoners of war and calls on Russia to uphold the laws of war it helped to create.
This research examined the documentation of torture and ill-treatment in Kenya, Nepal and Bangladesh.
The latest periodic report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT).
UK and others mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
The article is based on research in Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nepal
The UK’s response to the UN’s Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture following their 2019 visit.
Documentation on the latest visit by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to the UK.
Nepali Compensation Relating to Torture Act (1996) is one of the earliest pieces of anti-torture legislation adopted in the global South
Asylum policy instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration handles applications from the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
The government has submitted the UK’s response to the List of Issues produced by the UN Committee Against Torture.
This book explores the relationships between torture, ill-treatment and corruption
The UK condemns Russia's use of arbitrary detention and calls for an immediate and unconditional release of Ukrainian civilian detainees. Statement on Moscow Mechanism Report.
This report is based on a household survey carried out in some of the squatter settlements in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2015
Licence for the export of specified goods that could be used for the purpose of capital punishment.
This document contains the following information: Treaty Series No. 21 (2006)
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