Article 5 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Article 5 American Convention on Human Rights

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

Article 3 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Article 7 and 10 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Geneva Conventions I, II, III, IV of 1949, Common Article 3 and Protocols I and II

Other relevant instruments and documents

Article 5 Universal Declaration on Human Rights

General Comment 20 adopted by the Human Rights Committee, Forty-fourth session, 1992

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted on 17 July 1998

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners adopted by First UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, 1955 and amended in 1977

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by General Assembly resolution 3452 (XXX) of 9 December 1975

Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, adopted by General Assembly resolution 34/169 of 17 December 1979

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, adopted by General Assembly resolution 37/194 of 18 December 1982

Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, adopted by General Assembly resolution 40/34 of 29 November 1985

Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, adopted by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held at Milan from 26 August to 6 September 1985 and endorsed by General Assembly resolutions 40/32 of 29 November 1985 and 40/146 of 13 December 1985

Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), adopted by General Assembly resolution 40/33 of 29 November 1985

Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988

Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990

Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors, adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990

Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty, adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/113 of 14 December 1990

Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, Recommended by Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65 of 24 May 1989

Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990

Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, adopted by General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, General Assembly resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992

Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol), adopted by General Assembly resolution 55/89 Annex, 4 December 2000