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Statement Of Principles Relating To The Treatment Of Persons Deprived Of Thei...
Statement Of Principles Relating To The Treatment Of Persons Deprived Of Thei...

States of the Council of Europe. There are specific and intense challenges for staff working in various places of deprivation of liberty, including police detention facilities, penitentiary institutions, immigratio...

  • 21 March 2020

Covid-19: States Should Not Abuse Emergency Measures To Suppress Human Rights...
Covid-19: States Should Not Abuse Emergency Measures To Suppress Human Rights...

GENEVA (16 March 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged States to avoid overreach of security measures in their response to the coronavirus outbreak and reminded them that emergency powers should not be us...

  • 18 March 2020