Comment
Why monitoring places of detention matters
Last month, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) delivered its seventh annual report:...
Publication
Preventing Torture in the UK
Under the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention against Torture, National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) are set up to inspect and report on conditions in all places of detention.
Comment
The role of inspection in preventing torture
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture provides for the establishment of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) with powers to visit places of detention and to report to the authorities.
News
New report on torture prevention in UK
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is publishing a new report today on the role of inspection in preventing torture and mistreatment in custody.
The report, Preventing Torture in Custody, examines the work of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). Little known of outside specialist circles, the NPM works across the four UK nations and regions to...