Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions - Updated Edition Acknowledgements Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions – Updated Edition is a joint publication of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF). The original 2010 guide was a joint publication between the APF, APT and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The 2010 Guide was written by Barbara Bernath. It adapts and builds on information included in the Torture Prevention CD-Rom, produced as part of the APT-OHCHR Actors for Change Project (2005). The APT and APF would like to thank Francesca Albanese, Citlalin Castañeda, Kieren Fitzpatrick, Kate Fox, James Iliffe, Ahmed Motala, Suraina Pasha, Chris Sidoti, Safir Syed and Lisa Thompson for their contributions. The Guide was reviewed in June 2021 to ensure that it integrates gender considerations, and it reflects the most updated developments on torture prevention, as part of an APF initiative to ensure gender is adequately considered in all its resources. The project was managed by Aishath Fasoha, Manager for Gender Programmes of the APF. The Guide was reviewed by Veronica Filippeschi, Vulnerabilities and Policy Senior Adviser at the APT and consultant Jem Stevens with contribution from Barbara Bernath, Secretary General of the APT. 4