Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions It also adopted Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa, which include provisions on the prevention of torture. Key points: Chapter 2 • Torture is prohibited in a number of international human rights treaties. • The Convention against Torture contains a series of provisions on prevention measures. • Regional instruments in Africa, the Americas, Arab countries and Europe also prohibit torture. • ‘Soft law’ standards, both international and regional, complement the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. Further reading The United Nations Convention against Torture: A Commentary; Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur; Oxford University Press; 2008 The UN Committee against Torture: An Assessment; Chris Inglese, Kluwer Law International; 2001 In the CD-Rom Committee against Torture, general comment No. 2, Implementation of article 2 by States Parties The Torture Reporting Handbook; Camille Giffard, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex; 2000 Bringing the International Prohibition of Torture Home: National Implementation Guide for the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; The Redress Trust; 2006 Torture in International Law: A Guide to Jurisprudence; Association for the Prevention of Torture and the Center for Justice and International Law; 2008 Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Practitioner’s Handbook; Ugur Erdal and Hasan Bakirci, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Handbook Series Vol. 1; 2006 The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the Inter-American Human Rights System: A Handbook for Victims and Their Advocates; Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón and Claudia Martin, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Handbook Series Vol. 2; 2006 The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the African Human Rights System: A Handbook for Victims and Their Advocates; Frans Viljoen and Chidi Odinkalu, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Handbook Series Vol. 3; 2006 24 | Chapter 2: International and regional instruments on torture and other forms of ill-treatment