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.
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NPM in psychiatric hospitals – part III
It is necessary to distinguish the situations when a medicine is used as “treatment” or as “restraint”.
Read moreNPM in psychiatric hospitals – part II
NPM has the responsibility to advocate against the stigma on people with mental disabilities.
Read moreCPT 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.
Read moreNPM in psychiatric hospitals
How should we determine the nature of those treatments and determine whether they reach the level of ill-treatment?
Read moreNPM and children in migrant detention centres
It’s the NPM’s responsibility to continue monitoring and pressure for reform whenever there is a chance.
Read moreNPM 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?
Read morePlanning 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.
Read moreSetting 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.
Read moreNPM at police departments In Czech
By so doing, the NPM has created an opportunity for people to talk and rethink about human dignity in the Czech Republic.
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