Legal language is often complicated and difficult to understand, even more so when it is read in the stressful context of police custody.

That is why it's so important that the Letter of Rights given to suspected people is written in plain language ⬇️
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What a suspect says or doesn't say in police custody can have a significant impact on an investigation & the likelihood of pre-trial detention.

It is crucial that a lawyer is present before the first police interview, but this is often not the case ⬇️
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Access to legal aid is key to ensuring access to justice.

People experiencing poverty are disproportionately represented in criminal justice systems around the EU. One of the key hurdles to an effective defence is the cost ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=eG41xA…

With our partners, we examined the needs of people in police custody and identified promising practices and challenges in the EU on:
💡 Access to a lawyer
💡 Legal aid
💡 Understanding your rights
💡 Audio-visual recording

Read the final report here: fairtrials.org/app/uploads/20…

It's tomorrow!

Join us online for the launch of the updated #IstanbulProtocol , the global standard for the effective investigation & documentation of #torture and other forms of #illtreatment . With Michelle Bachelet & many other experts!

Learn more & register: bit.ly/3NFJBwJ

📢 Today: In an online workshop, co-organised with the OSCE/ODIHR, will be discussing about the inadmissibility of #tortureevidence . The workshop will gather #anti -torture organisations and experts to foster exchange and cooperation. Read more: bim.lbg.ac.at/en/story/news-…

In an emergency like the #Covid19 pandemic, detainees and their families should be given access to relevant information on vaccination and health protocols. But this has often not been the case. Read our new Guidance Note bit.ly/3slLCpF #reopenprisons

📢DAY 5: ONLINE DISCUSSION EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE WITH OSCE/ODIHR
Read the views of Vadym Chovgan (@DignityDK), Public Foundation Notabene (notabene.tj) and Natalia Taubina (en.publicverdict.org) on the Atlas of Torture Join us here – > bit.ly/AoTDay5

📢 DAY 4: ONLINE DISCUSSION ON EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE WITH OSCE/ODIHR
Today we cover 🇭🇺🇧🇬🇬🇷
Read the domestic perspectives of Balázs Toth Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Krassimir Kanev Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, & Zoi Anna Kasapi CECL on the Atlas of Torture
Join us here – > bit.ly/AoTDay4

📢DAY 3: ONLINE DISCUSSION ON EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE WITH OSCE/ODIHR
Read the perspectives of Juan E. Méndez, Anti-Torture Initiative (@antitorture_WCL) & Valentina Cadelo & Tomás Pascual, APT (@apt_geneva) on the Atlas of Torture
Join us here --> bit.ly/AoTDay3

📢 DAY 2: ONLINE DISCUSSION ON EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE TOGETHER WITH OSCE/ODIHR
Read the perspectives of Rupert Skilbeck (@REDRESSTrust) and Catherine Kent (@IBAHRI) on our Exchange Platform. If you work on torture prevention, join us here – > bit.ly/AoTDay2

📢 ONLINE DISCUSSION ON EVIDENCE TAINTED BY TORTURE
Read the perspectives of Nikolaos Sitaropoulos (Council of Europe, Nikos Sitaropoulos) & Ilze Tralmaka (@fairtrials) and engage with us on the Atlas of Torture Exchange Platform.
– > bit.ly/AoTDay1

❗️🇸🇾🏦🇩🇪 For the first time, a Syrian government official was found guilty of crimes against humanity for torture and other crimes and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the German Higher Regional Court in Koblenz: news.un.org/en/story/2022/…

❗️Over the past years the fight against trade of equipment used for torture gained momentum - especially due to the research, efforts and awareness raising activities of NGOs like Omega Research Foundation!
➡️You can find the Omega Research Foundation publications now on the atlas-of-torture.org/en/

📚Our colleagues at Atlas of Torture maintain a document database, & they've recently updated the selection of Omega Research Foundation publications available!
Database access here: atlas-of-torture.org/en/library/
They've also sent us this handy image guide to finding our work on the #TortureTrade 👇

During its last session, the SPT decided to visit 🇦🇷🇪🇨🇱🇧🇹🇷🇹🇳 in 2022. 'We look forward to engaging with States parties and national torture oversight bodies on the ground to strengthen our cooperation to prevent torture' said Suzanne Jabbour, the SPT Chairperson.

Both, the #CPT and the #SPT , visited 🇧🇬 in October this year to examine the conditions of people deprived of liberty. While the CPT is especially concerned about the situation of child migrants, the SPT addressed lacks in the protection of patients with psychiatric disorders:

In a “some way historic” meeting, the CAT has opened its 72nd session, convening for the first time in person in almost two years. Due to Corona, the CAT “needed to take on new challenges, roll up its sleeves, and fully resume its functions”, said the Chairperson Claude Heller 👇

🇲🇲The Burmese military gained back control with a coup d'etat in Myanmar in February of 2021. Mass anti-junta protests have been crushed by the military since then and more and more cases of alleged torture are being reported. Read new reports here:
hrw.org/news/2021/10/2…