Covenants Watch
A National Preventive Mechanism in Taiwan
It is clear that establishing an NPM is much more than just giving the current Control Yuan a new title.
閱讀全文A National Preventive Mechanism in Taiwan
NPM in psychiatric hospitals – part III
It is necessary to distinguish the situations when a medicine is used as “treatment” or as “restraint”.
閱讀全文NPM in psychiatric hospitals – part III
NPM in psychiatric hospitals – part II
NPM has the responsibility to advocate against the stigma on people with mental disabilities.
閱讀全文NPM in psychiatric hospitals – part II
CPT and juveniles in prisons
We should also remember that the NPM is not the only measure prescribed by the Convention against Torture to prevent torture.
閱讀全文CPT and juveniles in prisons
NPM in psychiatric hospitals
How should we determine the nature of those treatments and determine whether they reach the level of ill-treatment?
閱讀全文NPM in psychiatric hospitals
NPM and children in migrant detention centres
It’s the NPM’s responsibility to continue monitoring and pressure for reform whenever there is a chance.
閱讀全文NPM and children in migrant detention centres
NPM in migrant detention centres
Would the degrading treatment of migrants in the unknown facility hidden in the woods be revealed to the world if there was no NPM?
閱讀全文NPM in migrant detention centres
Planning a visit to a place of detention
The better the preparations are done, the more likely that the monitors can reveal the signs of torture and ill treatment.
閱讀全文Planning a visit to a place of detention
Setting up an NPM annual visit plan
The “places of detention” not only includes prisons and police stations, but also health care and social care facilities like private elderly homes.
閱讀全文Setting up an NPM annual visit plan