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The Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the "Istanbul Protocol") is the first set of international guidelines for documentation of torture and its consequences. It became a United Nations official document in 1999.
The Istanbul Protocol is intended to serve as a set of international guidelines for the assessment of persons who allege torture and ill treatment, for investigating cases of alleged torture, and for reporting such findings to the judiciary and any other investigative body.
External Links
- Istanbul Protocol (HTML) (http://www.phrusa.org/research/istanbul_protocol) and (PDF) (http://www.phrusa.org/research/istanbul_protocol/ist_prot.pdf)
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