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Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
The government has submitted the UK’s response to the List of Issues produced by the UN Committee Against Torture.
Documentation on the latest visit by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to the UK.
The latest periodic report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT).
UK and others mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Asylum policy instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration handles applications from the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
This research examined the documentation of torture and ill-treatment in Kenya, Nepal and Bangladesh.
The UK’s response to the UN’s Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture following their 2019 visit.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Nepali Compensation Relating to Torture Act (1996) is one of the earliest pieces of anti-torture legislation adopted in the global South
The article is based on research in Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nepal
Licence for the export of specified goods that could be used for the purpose of capital punishment.
This book explores the relationships between torture, ill-treatment and corruption
This report is based on a household survey carried out in some of the squatter settlements in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2015
This article focuses on redress for torture victims in Nepal and Bangladesh
UK statement for Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Torture. Delivered at the 55th Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva.
This document contains the following information: Treaty Series No. 21 (2006)
An Official Development Assistance (ODA) project.
The amendment, which will be tabled in Parliament today will crack down on animal torture content online.
UK and 40 other OSCE States regret Russia's lack of response to Vienna Mechanism of March 2024 on prison conditions in Russia.
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