WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

 

Penal Reform International

http://www.penalreform.org/publications/women-detention-guide-gender-sensitive-monitoring

 

WOMEN IN DETENTION: A GUIDE TO GENDER-SENSITIVE MONITORING

 

This new 2013 resource from PRI and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) - Women in detention: a guide to gender-sensitive monitoring - is designed to help bodies monitoring places of detention incorporate a gender perspective into their work and to address the problem of violence against women and girls in detention.

This guide introduces the UN Bangkok Rules and other relevant sources of international law to bodies monitoring places of detention, including National Preventive Mechanisms, and provides guidance on assessing risk factors and making recommendations to improve the protection of women against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

 

 

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