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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

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Find below a list of Amicus curiae submitted by the Special Rapporteur to various highest courts.

Amicus curiae brief to the US Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit, in support of the petitioners Suhail Najim Abdullah Shimari, Taha Yaseen Arraq Rashid, Salah Hasan Nusaif al-Ejaili, Asa’ad Hamza Hanfoosh Al-Zuba’e

Amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court, in support of the petitioners Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel

Amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court in support of the petitioners Esther Kiobel et al

Amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil on the constitutionality of the differentiated disciplinary regime [Spanish]

Submission by the Special Rapporteur to the European Court Human Rights Council of Europe

Brief of amicus curiae Professor Juan Méndez, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, in support of Petitioners

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