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  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OP-CAT)
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
  • Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
  • Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
  • Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  • Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  • Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
  • Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
  • United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of the Liberty
  • United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
  • Principles relating to the status of national institutions (The Paris Principles)
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