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a Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials (plus a pocket handbook on human
rights standards for prison officials and a trainer’s guide); a Manual on the Effective
Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment; and a Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring.3
10.
OHCHR has also published a series of five Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States4
designed to ensure long-term institutional capacity within United Nations field presences,
transitional administrations and civil society on the following subjects: mapping the justice
sector, undertaking national prosecution initiatives, creating truth commissions, vetting public
officials and monitoring legal systems. Additional tools on maximizing the legacy of hybrid
courts and best practices with regard to reparations programmes will be published shortly.
11.
OHCHR field presences have developed locally tailored material or had existing
documentation translated into local languages. For example, the field office of OHCHR in
Colombia published a manual for classification of conduct that violates human rights, a practical
guide for evidence in disciplinary investigations on violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law, and on human rights protection for persons deprived of their liberty. In Nepal,
in the context of advice to the police on human rights standards, a joint committee of OHCHR
officials and Nepalese police reviewed material used by the police, and a new booklet was
drafted and will be distributed to all police officers. In Azerbaijan, OHCHR Handbook of
International Standards relating to Pre-trial Detention was translated into Azeri. In Burundi,
internal prison rules have been translated into Kirundi. In Ethiopia, OHCHR A Manual on
Human Rights Training for Prison Officials was translated into Amharic.
12.
Other United Nations offices, bodies, departments and programmes have developed
material that can be used to strengthen systems of administration of justice. For example, in
2006, UNODC has developed a comprehensive Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit,5 which
consists of a series of 16 assessment tools covering the entire criminal justice system. It has
recently developed a Handbook for Law Enforcement Responses to Violence against Women. It
has also updated its Compendium of United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice.6
13.
The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has development materials on lessons
learned, studies and guidance materials in both the prisons and judicial areas. A Prison Support
Policy Directive and Prison Support Guidance Manual provide best practice guidance
concerning the principles, planning, management operations and technical requirements for the
3
OHCHR training and educational material is available online at http://www.ohchr.org/
english/about/publications/training.htm.
4
See OHCHR website (http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications).
5
Available online at http://www.unodc.org/unodc/criminal_justice_assessment_toolkit.html.
6
The updated version is available online at http://www.unodc.org/unodc/compendium.html.
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