How the International Committee of the Red Cross Helps to Combat torture: ICRC visits to persons deprived of their freedom in situations of internal disturbances and tension: aims and methods

The International Committee of the Red Cross welcomes all attempts to strengthen the protection against torture of persons deprived of their freedom. It therefore welcomes the adoption of the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which should enable an effective system of control to be established for the prevention and elimination of such inhuman practices in the member countries of the Council of Europe that may have ratified the Convention.

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How the International Committee of the Red Cross Helps to Combat torture: ICRC visits to persons deprived of their freedom in situations of internal disturbances and tension: aims and methods author: Francis Amar, Hans-Peter Gasser

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SOS-Torture author: Pierre de Senarclens

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The Swedish Red Cross Centre for the rehabilitation of tortured refugees author: Britt Wikberg

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Synopsis VII—Combatant and prisoner-of-war status author: Jean de Preux

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Youth and peace author: Leon Stubbings

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Appointments within the ICRC author:

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Death of Dr. Jacques de Rougemont Honorary Member of the ICRC author:

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Nineteenth Conference of Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies (Cairo, 5–9 November 1988) author:

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Pan-African Conference of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Dakar, 21–23 November 1988) author:

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Message from the International Committee of the Red Cross to the participants at the Paris Conference on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (7–11 January 1989) author:

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States party to the Protocols of 8 June 1977 as at 31st December 1988 author:

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