Reference Documents

spot_img

The 2025 budget of the National Human Rights Commission, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (NHRC-CPT)

Pursuant to the Public Accounting Law (Decree No. 14969 – issued on 30/12/1963), particularly Article 13 thereof.Pursuant to Law No. 62 dated...

General Comment No. 1 (2024) on Article 4 of the Optional Protocol (Places of Deprivation of Liberty) (CAT/OP/GC/1)

  Clarifying the Scope of Places of Deprivation of Liberty Under the OPCAT Article 4(1) of the Optional Protocol reinforces the fundamental purpose of...

Law No. 62 /2016

Law No. 62 /2016 Establishment of the National Human Rights Commission, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, dated 27/10/2016, and its...

UN resolution supports NHRIs’ ongoing work for the rights of persons with disabilities

Working in close cooperation with people with disabilities and their representative organisations to advocate for the fulfillment of the provisions of the Convention...

The Méndez Principles

The Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering or the "Méndez Principles" aim to modify police practices by replacing coercive interrogations with...